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The first-person narrator-protagonist Pascual Duarte, while awaiting execution in the condemned cell, tells the story of his family life and his homicidal past, culminating in matricide. He claims, amongst other things, that Fate is controlling his life and whatever he does nothing will ever change.
- Camilo José Cela
- 1942
Oct 11, 2022 · Cela’s Pascual Duarte commits three murders, including matricide, and offers no hint of sincere remorse for killing his own mother. The Catholic Church condemned the text as depraved and morally harmful; nonetheless, the novel was an absolute success.
For fans of Spanish miserablism set in a heartless deterministic universe (i.e. this one), Pascal Duarte is the brief novel for you. Duarte’s confession, written from prison, is a beautiful recounting of a life of violent poverty and aimless murder, told in simple and frequently moving prose.
Sep 5, 2023 · The Family of Pascual Duarte is a novel about a seemingly ordinary man of rural Spain in the early twentieth century. It purports to be the confessions of Pascual...
The Family of Pascual Duarte is, after Don Quixote, the most frequently published Spanish book. From its publication late in December 1942, the novel was received as the rebirth of the literarily serious Spanish novel after three years of war and three more years of repression.
Camilo José Cela: La familia de Pascual Duarte (Pascual Duarte’s Family, US: The Family of Pascual Duarte) Cela’s first novel ran into a certain amount of trouble with the Spanish censors, primarily because of its violence.
Apr 1, 2004 · Family of Pascual Duarte (Dalkey Archive Essentials) $15.95. (1) Only 5 left in stock (more on the way). Book Description. Editorial Reviews. This book reflects the crude reality of rural Spain in Franco's time. It is full of human power and rich in social insight. Cela writes with great detail, but still maintains simplicity. Print length.
- Camilo Jose Cela
