Valle-Inclán, Ramón del
"Sonata de estío: memorias del marqués de Bradomín" by Ramón del Valle-Inclán is a novel published in 1903. Set in Mexico, it follows the Marqués de Bradomín—described as "ugly, Catholic and sentimental, yet skeptical, cynical and gallant like a Renaissance cardinal"—as he becomes entangled with a woman called 'niña Chole.' Their affair takes a dangerous turn when her father, a bandit, threatens the relationship. This modernist work explores themes of passion and death in an exotic setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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