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  1. Esperpento

    Esperpento denotes a literary style in Spanish literature first established by Spanish author Ramón María del Valle-Inclán that uses distorted descriptions of reality in order to criticize society. Leading themes include death, the grotesque, and the reduction of human beings to objects (reification). The style is marked by bitter irony. In Latin America, the author most well known for using esperpento is Mexican author Jorge Ibargüengoitia.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of esperpento in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of esperpento in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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