Don Juan in Lourdes

by Robert DeMaria

""Don Juan in Lourdes..".an admirable idea--the failed writer and unfailing sensualist, losing his sight, dragged to Lourdes for a miracle, roughing up all Europe on the way....What Hemingway did for the twenties in "The Sun Also Rises, " DeMaria does here for the sixties."--Anthony Burgess.

316 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

Robert DeMaria was a novelist, editor, and educator known for his work in fiction and literary publishing. He taught at the University of Oregon, Hofstra College, and Dowling College, and served as editor for Macmillan and Dean of Faculty at the New School for Social Research. His novels include A Carnival of Angels (1961), Clodia (1965), and Don Juan in Lourdes (1966). In 1964 he relocated to Deia, Mallorca, where he founded the Mediterranean Institute and the Mediterranean Review, fostering connections with prominent writers.