{"product_id":"9781934768891","title":"Paula y Paulita","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaula and Paulita\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1929, is one of the best novels of the Aragonese writer Benjamín Jarnés (1888-1949), unanimously considered the most important novelist of the Spanish avant-garde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided in two parts, the novel exposes Julio’s, the main character, attempts to seduce a young woman, Paulita, who happens to be staying with her mother, Paula, at the same spa hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong their encounters Julio will ponder on sensations, the power of the body, the paths of desire and the artificiality of the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the second part, the characters get involved in a journey through the past, led by Mister Brook, a millionaire who has decided to put an end to his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula and Paulita offers in a juicy, cheerful and luminous text not just one of the best examples of the period’s prose, but also a meditation on the main vital impulses of the human being, and how existence is daily built by avoiding to fall into despair or boredom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition, annotated and with a foreword by Juan Herrero-Senés, is a great reading for courses dealing with Peninsular Modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stockcero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060646363376,"sku":"9781934768891","price":22.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934768891_p0.jpg?v=1763642190","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934768891","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}