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- catalog abstract "This book presents three versions of the Godfather/Death motif in English translations as well as the original Spanish. A desperate man makes a pact with Death in order to alleviate pain or sorrow or poverty. Death then makes him a doctor and endows him with the ability to predict life or death, and thus he feathers his nest and his fortune turns. In the end, however, Death demands its pound of flesh, and the day of reckoning arrives. The three authors of these Death-and-the-Doctor tales are three of nineteenth-century Spain's most well-known short-story writers. Fernan Caballero [Cecilia Bohl de Faber] (1796-1877) first published "Juan Holgado y la muerte [Juan Holgado and Death]" in 1850. It stands out for its humor, relating Fernan Caballero's hapless paterfamilias attempt to escape his numerous children in order to feast on a rabbit, only to have Death, in the shape of an old woman, snatch it from his hands. Antonio de Trueba (1819-89) first published "Tragaldabas [Glutton]" in 1867. The main characteristic of Trueba's piece is its satire and scathing portrayal, as well as condemnation, of the medical profession. "Death's Friend" is much more ambitious than Fernan Caballero's and Trueba's tales, and in length approaches a short novel. It is essentially a love story: Gil Gil and Elena, ill-starred lovers, are reunited through divine intervention as both Elena and Death petition God on Gil Gil's behalf. Taken together, these three Death-and-the-Doctor tales fill a void in the Godfather/Death motif of Western European literature and highlight the universality of Spain's folk tradition.".
- catalog contributor b10429599.
- catalog contributor b10429600.
- catalog contributor b10429601.
- catalog contributor b10429602.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Antonio de Trueba (1819-89) first published "Tragaldabas [Glutton]" in 1867. The main characteristic of Trueba's piece is its satire and scathing portrayal, as well as condemnation, of the medical profession. "Death's Friend" is much more ambitious than Fernan Caballero's and Trueba's tales, and in length approaches a short novel. It is essentially a love story: Gil Gil and Elena, ill-starred lovers, are reunited through divine intervention as both Elena and Death petition God on Gil Gil's behalf.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203).".
- catalog description "Juan Holgado and death / Fernán Caballero -- Tragaldabas / Antonio de Trueba -- Death's friend / Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.".
- catalog description "Taken together, these three Death-and-the-Doctor tales fill a void in the Godfather/Death motif of Western European literature and highlight the universality of Spain's folk tradition.".
- catalog description "The three authors of these Death-and-the-Doctor tales are three of nineteenth-century Spain's most well-known short-story writers. Fernan Caballero [Cecilia Bohl de Faber] (1796-1877) first published "Juan Holgado y la muerte [Juan Holgado and Death]" in 1850. It stands out for its humor, relating Fernan Caballero's hapless paterfamilias attempt to escape his numerous children in order to feast on a rabbit, only to have Death, in the shape of an old woman, snatch it from his hands.".
- catalog description "This book presents three versions of the Godfather/Death motif in English translations as well as the original Spanish. A desperate man makes a pact with Death in order to alleviate pain or sorrow or poverty. Death then makes him a doctor and endows him with the ability to predict life or death, and thus he feathers his nest and his fortune turns. In the end, however, Death demands its pound of flesh, and the day of reckoning arrives.".
- catalog extent "203 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Death and the doctor.".
- catalog identifier "0838753698 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Death and the doctor.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "English and Spanish.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engspa spa".
- catalog publisher "Lewisburg, Pa. : Bucknell University Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Death and the doctor.".
- catalog subject "863/.0108 21".
- catalog subject "Death Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PQ6267.E8 D4 1997".
- catalog subject "Short stories, Spanish Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Short stories, Spanish.".
- catalog subject "Spanish fiction 19th century Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Spanish fiction 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Juan Holgado and death / Fernán Caballero -- Tragaldabas / Antonio de Trueba -- Death's friend / Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.".
- catalog title "Death and the doctor : three nineteenth-century Spanish tales / translated from the Spanish by Robert M. Fedorchek ; introduction by Lou Charnon-Deutsch.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".