Rojas re-creates the nineteenth-century corridors of power and portrays the relationship between Goya and King Fernando VII, a despot bent on establishing a cruel regime after Spain's War of Independence. Goya obliges the king's request for a portrait, but his depiction not only fails to flatter but reflects a terrible darkness and grotesqueness. More than a century later, transcending conventional time, Goya observes Franco's body lying in state and experiences again a dark and monstrous despair.
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Título: El Valle de los Caídos Autor/a: Carlos Rojas Editorial: Editorial Destino Ciudad: Barcelona Año de publicación: 1978 Edición: 1ª Nº de páginas: 313 págs ISBN: 9788423309597 Género literario: Fiction, History Traducido en los años: 2018