{"product_id":"celestina-9780143106098","title":"Celestina","description":"\u003cb\u003e The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel-in a spirited new translation \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Spanish \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCelestina\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the fate of Calisto and Melibea, the young lovers she unites using her wiles as a seller of perfumes and potions. Fernando de Rojas's exhilarating mix of street wit, obscenity, and cultured rhetoric mark \u003ci\u003eCelestina\u003c\/i\u003e as a masterpiece: an original, explosive, genre-defying work that paved the way for the picaresque novel and for Cervantes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143106098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.74h x 8.35w x 0.64d","brand":"Fernando De Rojas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315076264117,"sku":"9780143106098","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6941d7ce-5119-4a0e-b6ec-3e68d38c6451.jpg?v=1718720086","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/celestina-9780143106098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}