Books by Camilo José Cela (2)
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Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jose Cela EN
SpainDescription:
Confined to a prison cell, thrice-murderer Pascual Duarte recounts his journey from a violent childhood to a life of pain and misfortune; juxtaposing tableaus of country poverty against scenes of bare brutality, Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela crafts a powerful meditation on cruelty and anomie. The Family of Pascual Duarte follows his upbringing in the poor Spanish province of Extremadura to his eventual imprisonment--and impending death sentence. Death permeates Duarte's world: his father's grotesque death to rabies, his young brother's drowning in an oil vat, and the loss of his children. Bu... continue
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La colmena by Camilo José Cela ES
Description:
La obra de Cela llena gran parte de la literatura espanola de los cincuenta ultimos anos del siglo XX. Desde el principio, y sin necesidad de someterse a ningun control ideologico, supo separarse de la Espana oficial y escribir unas obras criticas que pusieron de manifiesto el desanimo y la miseria economica y social en que habia sumido al pais el nuevo regimen. Aunque el autor tiene interes por presentar su obra como testimonio, no se limita a registar unos hechos, sino que realiza una importante elaboracion literaria.