Pagine1916–2002 · Iria Flavia, Galicia, Spain · also known as Cela
Camilo José Cela reshaped the Spanish novel after the Civil War. The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942), the brutal confession of a condemned peasant, launched the style called tremendismo; The Hive (1951), with some 300 characters in post-war Madrid, had to be published in Argentina because of censorship. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989.
Begin with The Family of Pascual Duarte.
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Camilo José Cela reshaped the Spanish novel after the Civil War. The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942), the brutal confession of a condemned peasant, launched the style called tremendismo; The Hive (1951), with some 300 characters in post-war Madrid, had to be published in Argentina because of censorship.
The Family of Pascual Duarte is usually considered Camilo José Cela’s best-known work, followed by The Hive.
Most readers start with The Family of Pascual Duarte.
Both refer to the same writer.
Camilo José Cela’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download, but many can be borrowed free from your public library or Open Library — we link to them below.