La familia de Pascual Duarte

La familia de Pascual Duarte / Camilo José Cela ; edited by Harold L. Boudreau and John W. Kronik.

[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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Main Author: Cela, Camilo José, 1916-2002
Other Authors: Boudreau, H. L. (Hal L.), Kronik, John W.
Format: Book
Language:Spanish
English
Published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1961.
Subjects:
Spanish fiction > 20th century.
Murder > Spain > Fiction.
Spanish language > Readers.
Spain > Civilization > 20th century > Fiction.
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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.
Item Description:Text edited by Boudreau and Kronik originally published: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1961.
Physical Description:xxix, 175 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxix).
ISBN:0135283078
9780135283073
Language:Text in Spanish; preface in English.
"Vocabulario": pages 145-175, Spanish-English.

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