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Insolacion: Historia amorosa - by Emilia Pardo Bazan (Hardcover)
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Insolacion: Historia amorosa - by Emilia Pardo Bazan (Hardcover)
Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics
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Emilia Pardo Bazan, the most prolific and influential Spanish
female writer of the nineteenth century, was a very controversial
figure, vilified for her embracement of naturalism and her robust
feminist stance. When Insolacion was published in 1889 it provoked
a litany of negative comments and personal insults. This subtle,
psychological novel, drawing on many aspects of its author's
personal life, deals with the relationship between Asis, a
respectable Galician widow, and Pacheco, a feckless womaniser from
Andalucia. Although they scarcely know each other, Asis accepts
Pacheco's invitation to visit the San Isidro Fair, where a heady
cocktail of sun, alcohol and revelry causes her to behave in an
uncharacteristic manner. Insolacion explores the conflict between
Asis's self-recrimination and concern for the 'que diran' and her
nascent sexuality. Finally, despite her determination to banish
Pacheco from her mind and her intention to go back to Galicia, the
couple sleep together and decide to marry. The perceived
promiscuity of this work of fiction scandalised the reading public
as well as many leading critics. Pereda considered Asis's behaviour
reprehensible and Clarin dismissed the novel as a pseudo-erotic
boutade. Nowadays, Insolacion is recognised as an important novel.
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