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Spanish Literature has undergone significant development since the Generation of '27; Spanish journalism, theatre and poetry flourished making Contemporary
2666
2666 is the last novel by Spanish author Roberto Bolaño.
It was released in 2004, a year after his death.
This story revolves around an elusive German author and the unsolved and ongoing murders of women in Santa Teresa, a violent city inspired by Ciudad Juárez and its epidemic of female homicides.
Other settings and themes include the Eastern Fron.
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Divorcio en El Aire
This novel by Gonzalo Torné centers around Joan-Marc’s goal to save his failing marriage.
However, Joan-Marc eventually finds out that some things in life are irreversible.
When faced with an unchangeable past and a collapsing future, Joan Marc uncovers who he really is.
Dive into the human psyche and its fragile identity through these relatable pa.
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El Viajero Del Siglo
Enjoy an incisive, ingenious, and ambitious story through El viajero del siglo.
This historical fiction novel by Andrés Neuman follows a traveler named Hans as he gives up his nomadic life.
After meeting Sophie, Hans is changed forever.
Dive into fictional 19th-century Europe that will leave you with insights into present day.
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La Catedral Del Mar
Cathedral of the Sea is a 2006 historical novel by Spanish author Ildefonso Falcones.
The action takes place in 14th century Barcelona during the construction of Santa Maria del Mar and the Spanish inquisition.
A young man named Arnau falls in love with a forbidden woman.
After being betrayed, he gets sent to the Inquisitor.
The Inquisitor turns ou.
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La Fiesta Del Chivo
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa’s The Feast of the Goatis set in the Dominican Republic and portrays the assassination of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.
The author tells the story from two different times: the assasination occurs in May 1961, while the aftermath perspective is set 35 years later in 1996.
The story follows three intertwined .
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Las Cosas Que Perdimos en El Fuego
This collection of short stories is an international bestseller.
Get sucked into a spine-chilling and political reappraisal of the horror genre.
Mariana Enríquez offers a new view of reality through her distortion of everyday life.
From haunted houses to murders this reality-changing book will leave you with a new perspective.
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Sangre en El Ojo
This autobiographical novel details author Lina Meruane’s true story of progressive blindness with a fictional twist.
Meruane is losing more than just her sight.
This journey will challenge her partner, her self-love, and even her identity.
Will Meruane’s illness motivate her to choose the right path.
Where to find it.
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Señales Que precederán Al Fin Del Mundo
Follow Makina on her quest to find her lost brother in this original work of Mexican fiction by Yuri Herrera.
Finding her missing sibling take more than putting up flyers.
Young Makina must descend the nine steps of pre-Columbian mythology and face the place of the Lords of Death.
Herrera creates a new reality that addresses life’s inseparability f.
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Tu Rostro Mañana
This trilogy tells three compelling stories (Fiebre y lanza, 2002; Baile y sueño, 2004; Veneno y sombra y adiós,2007).
Each volume will keep you engaged and eager to continue.
The protagonist narrator—Jacques, Jaime, or Jacobo Deza—discovers that in the more or less pacified Western world, there is a need for betrayal and violence that is inoculate.
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What influenced Spanish literature in the 1920s?
Nevertheless, with the novels of Unamuno, Azorín, Pío Baroja, and Valle Inclán, the theater of the latter, and the poetry of Antonio Machado and Unamuno, a definitive literary shift had taken place—a shift in both form and content—pointing towards the more celebrated experimental writings of Spain's vanguard writers of the 1920s.
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What was literature like in the 15th century?
During the 15th century the pre-Renaissance occurred and literary production increased greatly.
In the Renaissance important topics were poetry, religious literature, and prose.
In the 16th century the first Spanish novels appeared, Lazarillo de Tormes and Guzmán de Alfarache.
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Who wrote La Catedral del Mar?
A lawyer and a writer, Falcones’s first book, La catedral del mar ( Cathedral of the Sea), was published in 2006, when he was nearly 50.
This historic novel is set in 14th-century Barcelona, when the Catalan empire was at its greatest.
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Who wrote the first Spanish novel?
In the 16th century the first Spanish novels appeared, Lazarillo de Tormes and Guzmán de Alfarache.
In the Baroque era of the 17th century important works were the prose of Francisco de Quevedo and Baltasar Gracián.
A notable author was Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, famous for his masterpiece Don Quixote de la Mancha.
