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Obra de expiación del escritor irlandés Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Acusado de pederastia, homosexualidad y al borde del suicidio al ser condenado a dos años de prisión, Wilde encuentra consuelo en la meditación del dolor y del sufrimiento a través de la vida, pasión y muerte de un Jesús humanizado. Arrepentido de su oprobiosa culpa, desea rehacer su vida y encontrar una nueva felicidad.
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Contemplative, character-led, intimate and grave.
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- First published
- 1905
- Pages
- 148
- Publisher
- Open Source Studios, Modern Library, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
- Editions
- 74
- Language
- Spanish, English, heb, lat
- ISBN
- 9789684760417
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An Irish writer, poet, and prominent aesthete. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for
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