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The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel -- in a spirited new translation

A Spanish Romeo and Juliet, Celestina was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the fate of Calisto and Melibea, the young lovers she unites using her wiles as a seller of perfumes and potions. Fernando de Rojas's exhilarating mix of street wit, obscenity, and cultured rhetoric mark Celestina as a masterpiece: an original, explosive, genre-defying work that paved the way for the picaresque novel and for Cervantes. + CD

Tragicomedia spaniola nepretuita si ireverentioasa, considerata primul roman european - intr-o noua traducere plina de spirit Un Romeo si Julieta spaniole, Celestina a fost publicata in 1499 si a devenit primul bestseller din Spania. Cititorii au fost incantati de caracterul sarat al Celestinei si al lumii ei de prostituate si magie neagra, chiar si cand au deplans soarta lui Calisto si Melibea, tinerii indragostiti pe care ii uneste folosindu-si viclesugurile ca vanzatoare de parfumuri si potiuni.