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The Hive
Published in Paperback by Dalkey Archive Pr (July, 2001)
Authors: Camilo Jose Cela, J. M. Cohen, and Arturo Barea
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A day in the life of Franco's Spain.
"The Hive" is the story of a coffee shop in Spain, frequented by a wide assortment of every-day Spanish citizens. It is an interesting narrative of colorful characters. There are a few tense moments when one realizes the fact that this is the Spain of Franco's rule, and a character runs afoul of the authorities once or twice, but by and large, this is a normal novel with an interesting story to tell. It is enjoyable to read and nice to follow the various characters, but Cela will remind the astute reader in a very subtle fashion, but an unequivocal one, that this is Franco's Spain, an isolated universe of political peril, giving this novel a second tier, a dark cloud which overhangs the proceedings. Readers who enjoy the multivarious tales of small town inhabitants and their common taverns, or readers who enjoy stories of early twentieth-century Spain will enjoy this story particularly.

obra maestra de un maestro
"La Colmena" pasará a la historia como la obra hispana contemporánea más estudiada en las Universidades Americanas. Entre los diversos estudios destaca una tesis doctoral de la Universidad de California firmada por una tal "Loreena M." que intenta analizar el número de personajes que intervienen en la novela llegando a la conclusión de que son 232 aunque plantea la duda sobre un personaje llamado "Manolo" que aparece en dos ocasiones y que la autora de la tesis no puede asociar. Esta anécdota demuestra el interés suscitado por esta obra publicada a mediados de la década de los 50 y que sirve de puente entre el realismo de Posguerra y las nuevas tendencias de los años 60. La técnica narrativa, denominada por los críticos como calidoscopio, se basa en una estructura coral de los personajes que describen un entorno concreto, el Madrid de la posguerra, haciendo un exhaustivo repaso a la sociedad de la época con sus grandezas y miserias en un periodo temporal muy determinado: cinco días.
Como antesala de esta obra hay que mencionar "Café de Artistas", un relato que Cela escribió a finales de los años cuarenta aunque se público bastante después que "La Colmena". En definitiva una obra compleja que invita a ser releída una y otra vez descubriendo a cada pagina un nuevo matiz con el que completar ese espectro narrativo que surge de la descomposición de la realidad, cuando pasa a través de un prisma óptico llamado Camilo José Cela.

Life
A masterpiece -- and a superb translation.


La forja de un rebelde
Published in Unknown Binding by Turner ()
Author: Arturo Barea
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crude reality but not very literary
This book isn't a novel: is the true life of the own author, Arturo Barea, written in England and in originally in English because the author died in exile. In these sense this book is an extensive and detailed recording of the life in Spain between about 1900- 1939, a period of bitterness and decadence and all that is told with truthfulness and has great interest if you are interested in that, but lacks of literary professionality and the narration is purely linear withouth any artifice. For that perhaps the story results sometimes a little pedestrian, but in general the strong force of the facts related hiddens a more polished form.


Clash Forging of a Rebel
Published in Paperback by Flamingo ()
Author: Arturo Barea
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Cuentos Completos
Published in Hardcover by Editorial Debate (January, 2001)
Author: Arturo Barea
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El centro de la pista
Published in Unknown Binding by Departamento de Publicaciones de la Excma. Diputaciâon de Badajoz ()
Author: Arturo Barea
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Forge the Forging of a Rebel
Published in Paperback by Flamingo Agencies Ltd ()
Author: Arturo Barea
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The Forging of a Rebel
Published in Paperback by Walker & Co (February, 2002)
Authors: Arturo Barea and Ilsa Barea
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LA Forja/the Forge
Published in Paperback by Aims Intl Books (January, 1990)
Author: Arturo Barea
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La narrativa de la guerra civil : Arturo Barea
Published in Unknown Binding by PPU ()
Author: José María Fernández Gutiérrez
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LA Ruta/the Route
Published in Paperback by Aims Intl Books (January, 1990)
Author: Arturo Barea
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