Count Julian (novel)

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Count Julian
Author Juan Goytisolo
Original title Reivindicación del conde don Julián
Translator Helen Lane
Country Spain
Language Spanish
Publisher Editorial Joaquín Mortiz
Publication date
 1970
Published in English
 1974
Pages 242

Count Julian (Spanish: Reivindicación del conde don Julián) is a 1970 novel by the Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo. The title refers to Julian, count of Ceuta. The book was published in Mexico through Editorial Joaquín Mortiz. It is the second installment in the Álvaro Mendiola trilogy, which also includes Marks of Identity and Juan the Landless.[1]

Plot Summary

Living in exile in Tangiers, Morocco, completely cut off from his home and country, the narrator of Count Julian wages a war of words against Spain - the homeland he was forced to leave after betraying it. The narrator identifies himself with the real Count Julian, the great traitor who allegedly opened the gates of Spain to the south to an invasion of Moors from the north of Africa, which consequently lead to eight hundred years of Islamic Influence in the country. The narrator of this story is of the opinion that, nothing short of the total annihilation of Spain and all things Spanish is an acceptable retribution for his forced exile.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jaggi, Maya (2000-08-12). "Scourge of the new Spain". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-12-18. 
  2. ↑ http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/book/?GCOI=15647100380500
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