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Josafat
by Prudenci Bertrana
(Francis Boutle Publishers £8.99)
WHEN Josafa was first published in 1906, it caused outrage in Catalonia. A tale of lust and lunacy, it was Prudenci Bertrana’s response to accusations that he had penned a morally dubious novella.
Bertrana (1867-1941) was born into a family with land and property in Girona and Esparra and affiliated to the right-wing Carlist variant of the Catholic Church.
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