El destino de la carne

Por Samuel Butler

«El destino de la carne» es una obra intensamente autobiográfica. Su protagonista, Ernest Pontifex, encarna muchos de los conflictos que gobernaron la vida de su autor. Nacido en le seno de una familia acomodada, el joven Pontifex es víctima de unos padres reprimidos, de la miseria moral del sistema educativo británico, de uno compañeros poco escrupulosos y un desastroso matrimonio con una criada.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Samuel Butler
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 15 mar 2016
• ISBN: 9788892571587

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) was an English author whose turbulent upbringing would inspire one of his greatest works, The Way of All Flesh. Butler grew up in a volatile home with an overbearing father who was both mentally and physically abusive. He was eventually sent to boarding school and then St. John's College where he studied Classics. As a young adult, he lived in a parish and aspired to become a clergyman but had a sudden crisis of faith. He decided to travel the world and create new experiences fueling his literary career.