In an episode in this work, the narrator visits the local library with a bagful of dead insects and befouls the books by crushing those insects on their pages. The narrator of this novel addresses himself in second person, and enters a large model of the vagina of Isabella I in a scene set in an amusement park. In one section of this novel, the narrator imagines Arab hordes overrunning his country and commands them to "violate the sanctuary and the grotto, the citadel and the cavern, the bastion and the alcazar." This novel is the second installment in the Álvaro Mendiola trilogy, which also includes Marks of Identity and Juan the Landless. This work's protagonist, who lives in Morocco, seeks revenge on Spain, the country that cast him out, by destroying its literature, religion, cultural
In an episode in this work, the narrator visits the local library with a bagful of dead insects and befouls the books by crushing those insects on their pages. The narrator of this novel addresses himself in second person, and enters a large model of the vagina of Isabella I in a scene set in an amusement park. In one section of this novel, the narrator imagines Arab hordes overrunning his country and commands them to "violate the sanctuary and the grotto, the citadel and the cavern, the bastion and the alcazar." This novel is the second installment in the Álvaro Mendiola trilogy, which also includes Marks of Identity and Juan the Landless. This work's protagonist, who lives in Morocco, seeks revenge on Spain, the country that cast him out, by destroying its literature, religion, cultural beliefs, myths, and language. For 10 points, name this novel about the titular ruler of Ceuta, written by Juan Goytisolo.
In an episode in this work, the narrator visits the local library with a bagful of dead insects and befouls the books by crushing those insects on their pages.
Count Julian [or Reivindicación del conde don Julián, or Don Julián]