This work features an atheist doctor who procures numerous books, including Amadis of Gaul, in an attempt to liberate the mind of a future curator of the Vatican Library. At one point in this novel, a family celebrates the Fe
This work features an atheist doctor who procures numerous books, including Amadis of Gaul, in an attempt to liberate the mind of a future curator of the Vatican Library. At one point in this novel, a family celebrates the Feast of Saint Ambrose, which is presided over by the de facto head of the household Dominga de Adviento. Later chapters include the escape of the insane Martina Laborde, and the recitation of Garcilaso de la Vega's sonnets in a cell. It is prefaced by a quote from Aquinas's "On the Integrity of Resurrected Bodies," and a note by the author that details his inspection of a 200 year old tomb in Cartagena that revealed a corpse with still growing hair. It opens with the twelve year old daughter of the Marquis de Casalduero, a mulatto girl raised by slaves, being bitten by a rabid dog and subsequently sent to the Convent of Santa Clara. It ends with her dying after the secret passage, which once allowed her betrothed to visit, is closed. For 10 points, identify this novel about the relationship between a young girl thought to be possessed, Sierva Maria, and the priest, Cayetano de Laura, who is sent to help, but falls for her, a work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
This work features an atheist doctor who procures numerous books, including Amadis of Gaul, in an attempt to liberate the mind of a future curator of the Vatican Library.
Of Love and Other Demons or Del Amor y Otros Demonios