Origin: Colombia
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La Maja y el Torero (in Spanish)
Gautier, Theophile
Synopsis "La Maja y el Torero (in Spanish)"
Passion, love, and jealousy fuel this tragicomic novel that portrays the culture and society of a divided Madrid in the 19th century. While the well-off bourgeois imitate the high fashion of Paris and London and amuse themselves with imported entertainment, the working class residents create their own style and invent new forms of dance, music, and theater in which life and death, rather than lavish extravagancies, serve as the protagonists. The social balance tilts when working-class Militona meets wealthy Andres at a bullfight, where the matador Juancho enviously observes the blossoming of new love from the ring. Spain s profound beauty is shown with historical accuracy alongside detailed descriptions of the bullfights and of the throes of exacerbated love."Pasion, amor y envidia impulsan esta novela tragicomica que representa la cultura y la sociedad del Madrid dividido del siglo XIX. Mientras la burguesia acomodada imita la alta costura parisina o londinense y se entretiene con espectaculos importados, los residentes de la clase obrera crean su propia moda e inventan nuevos estilos de baile, musica y teatro en los cuales la vida y la muerte, en vez de extravagancias lujosas, son los protagonistas. El equilibrio social se desbalancea cuando la trabajadora Militona y el senorito Andres se conocen en una corrida de toros, donde el torero, Juancho, observa celosamente desde la arena el nacimiento de un nuevo amor. La belleza profunda de Espana se muestra con exactitud historica junto con descripciones detalladas de las corridas de toros y de la agonia de un amor exacerbado.""
