San Camilo, 1936
| Author | Camilo José Cela |
|---|---|
| Original title | Vísperas, festividad y octava de San Camilo del año 1936 en Madrid |
| Translator | J. H. R. Polt |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Alfaguara |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 1991 |
| Pages | 443 |
San Camilo, 1936: The Eve, Feast, and Octave of St. Camillus of the year 1936 in Madrid (Spanish: Vísperas, festividad y octava de San Camilo del año 1936 en Madrid) is a 1969 novel by the Spanish writer Camilo José Cela. It is about a large cast of characters in a Madrid neighbourhood during 10 days in July 1936, right at the start of the Spanish Civil War.
The New York Times called it "a Spanish Civil War novel that vehemently rejects the seductive facility of partisanship".[1] Kirkus Reviews wrote that it "may be Cela's bitterly flowing masterpiece".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Luciani, Frederick (5 January 1992). "Apocalypse in Spain". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "San Camilo, 1936". Kirkus Reviews. 1 October 1991. Retrieved 30 July 2024.