소개
Both Pityusa (1907) and its author Jose Maria Llanas Aguilaniedo (1875-1921), are two key elements in the study the Spanish fin de siecle culture and decadentism. The novel orbits around the love triangle of the prostitute Pityusa, the weak aristocratic Nikko, and his uncle Tinny, a man of action past his prime. The three will live their relation in the Balearic island of Menorca, turned into an oppressive environment that stifles its inhabitants willpower.