The Dialogue of the Dogs

Resumen del libro

"The Dialogue of the Dogs" features, in a condensed, powerful version, all the traits the author of "Don Quixote" is famous for: It's a picaresque rich in bawdy humor, social satire, and fantasy, and it uses story tactics that were innovative at the time, such as the philandering husband who, given syphilis by his wife, is hospitalized. Late one feverish night he overhears the hospital's guard dogs telling each other their life's story--a wickedly ironic tale within the tale within the tale, wherein the two virtuous canines find themselves victim, time and again, to deceitful, corrupt humanity.
Here in a sparkling new translation, the parody of a Greek dialogue is so entertaining it belies the stunningly prescient sophistication of this novella--that it is a story about telling stories, and about creating a new way to discuss morality that isn't rooted in empiricism. In short, it's a masterful work that flies in the face of the forms and ethics of its time...and perhaps ours as well.

Biografía del autor

Diego Martínez Torrón es catedrático de Literatura Española en la Universidad de Córdoba y escritor x{0026} x02013;ensayista, poeta y narradorx{0026} x02013;. Reconocido especialista de la literatura de la época romántica española, ha trabajado igualmente la obra de Quevedo, Quintana, Lista, Espronceda, duque de Rivas, Juan Ramón, Azorín, Jorge Guillén, Bergamín, Octavio Paz, Juan Benet, Cunqueiro y Valle-Inclán, etc., aportando valiosas interpretaciones y numerosos textos inéditos de estos autores. Su edición de El ruedo ibérico, y su largo ensayo sobre esta obra, son textos de referencia, al igual que sus ediciones anotadas de la obra completa de Espronceda y Rivas. En Renacimiento ha publicado recientemente Manuscritos inéditos de El ruedo ibérico. Ha dedicado también numerosos estudios a la obra de Cervantes. Con este Quijote quiere culminar su dedicación a la Filología Española.