The family of Pascual Duarte / by Camilo José Cela ; translated and with an introduction by Anthony Kerrigan.
[This] is the story of Pascual Duarte - a Spanish peasant born into a brutal world of poverty, hatred, and depravity - as told from his prison cell, where he awaits his execution for the murders he's committed throughout his lifetime. Despite his savage and cruel impulses, Pascual retains a chi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Boston :
Little, Brown and Co.,
[1990], c1964.
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| Uniform Title: | Familia de Pascual Duarte. |
| Summary: | [This] is the story of Pascual Duarte - a Spanish peasant born into a brutal world of poverty, hatred, and depravity - as told from his prison cell, where he awaits his execution for the murders he's committed throughout his lifetime. Despite his savage and cruel impulses, Pascual retains a childlike sense of the world and a groping desire to understand the blows of fate that led him down his bloody path. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Familia de Pascual Duarte. |
| Physical Description: | xx, 166 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0316134325 : |