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ISBN: 978-84-316-1511-6

La Celestina is work of 15th century author Fernando de Rojas which the real author of ISBN: 978-84-316-1511-6. Eduardo Alonso has made the adaptation from 15th century Spanish to today's Spanish. He should be listed second. The main author must remain Fernando de Rojas.

Please correct the author info and merge this with 9781589770119.

Also if you want I can provide the text that appears at the back of this version. I am not sure if Goodreads keeps alternate descriptions for different publishers.

You can verify the author information from the image of 978-84-316-1511-6. I have a physical copy of the book on my hand.

By merge I meant combine editions.

Can someone help please?

Normally on adaptations the adapter is primary and it is not combined with the original work, but if I am understanding you correctly this seems more like a kind of "translation". I have moved Fernando up and combined the works. (Another librarian may disagree...)

Every edition can have its own description so if you want to type in the back cover text we would be happy to add it.

Thank you Scott, appreciate it a lot.

Here is the text from back cover:

El joven Calisto vive obsesionado por Melibea, una bella muchacha a la que ha conocido por azar y que lo ha rechazado sin contemplaciones. Empeñado en conquistarla, Calisto recurre a la vieja y astuta Celestina, una alcahueta experta en arrastrar a los jóvenes por la senda del amor ilícito. Confiada en que Calisto le recompensará bien sus servicios, Celestina trata de persuadir a Melibea para que se entregue al hombre que tanto la desea; es más, a fin de asegurarse el triunfo, la alcahueta conjura al mismísimo Satanás para que intervenga a favor del joven galán. Tales artimañas, como cabe esperar, no traen nada bueno, y la historia de Calisto y Malibea acaba por convertirse en un torbellino de pasiones desatadas, en el que los personajes viven tan sólo para satisfacer sus apetitos más primarios. Unos se obstinan en amar como no deben, otros buscan su propio provecho aunque sea a costa del perjuicio ajeno, y todos, en fin, cometen el mismo error: olvidar que un comportamiento amoral puede acarrear un castigo y que la caprichosa Fortuna, igual que a veces nos eleva a la cima de la felicidad, puede precipitarnos en el abismo de la tragedia.

Con el propósito de que los más jóvenes pueden gozar de la lectura de La Celestina, Eduardo Alonso ha preparado la presente adaptación de la obra, que salva las dificultades lingüísticas del original y le infunde a la trama una agilidad cautivadora. Las espléndidas ilustraciones de Francisco Solé y Fuencisla del Amo, por su parte, contribuyen a sumergir al lector en la atmósfera trágica y hedonista a la vez que envuelve a los personajes de La Celestina.

Hello, I wish to merge my author profiles so I can add my books, which currently I cannot do. I am listed as Obelia Modjeska. I would like to discard this profile and use O.J. Modjeska, where I have my book "Gone" Catastrophe in Paradise" listed with some 80 something reviews. I also wish to add my two new books to the updated combined profile. These are
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
and
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Thanks for your help with this matter.

Obelia it would be better if you start a new thread for your request instead of posting in mine.

SrLunaLlena wrote: "Obelia it would be better if you start a new thread for your request instead of posting in mine."

Obelia, SrLunaLuna is correct about new threads, but I merged your two author profiles.
Have a good day.

SrLunaLlena wrote: "Here is the text from back cover:"

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