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Camilo José Cela (Cela, Camilo José / Cela, Camilo Jose)
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BoxwoodISBN 0811217515 (0-8112-1751-5)
Softcover, New Directions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boxwood'Book summary:The extraordinary experimental final novel by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Boxwood might perhaps be best described as a kind of whirlwind: a vortex of marvelous writing about folklore, traditions, superstitions, cooking, nautical disasters on the Coast of Death (ships from afar spilling cargoes of oranges, typewriters, iron ore, oil, spices), elements of nature both cruel and beautiful, whales, priests, witches, ghostssprinkled with various autobiographies everything exquisite and crass in Cela's native home, Galicia, Spain.
"If the Holy Ghost were a bat instead of a dove our religion would not be the one true faith and there would be fewer Catholics, and if he were a magpie or a jackdaw there would be none at all, the devil appears in the guise of a billy goat whose rump you kiss as a mark of homage and respect, the Holy Ghost could have been a swallow, but not a cormorant, the form taken by the Holy Ghost is well thought out, you immediately see the hand of God in it, Father Xerardino, the priest of San Xurxo, supposes the form might also have been a butterfly in all the colors of the spectrum...." (from Boxwood) [via] 
The Family of Pascual DuarteISBN 0316134317 (0-316-13431-7)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The HiveISBN 0374522308 (0-374-52230-8)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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- The Hive: ISBN 0340562684 (0-340-56268-4)
Softcover, Hodder General Publishing Division - The Hive: ISBN 0880010045 (0-88001-004-5)
Softcover, Ecco Press - The Hive: ISBN 0374171556 (0-374-17155-6)
Hardcover, Noonday Press - Hive: ISBN 0575048107 (0-575-04810-7)
Hardcover, Orion Books Limited - The Hive: ISBN 0374522308 (0-374-52230-8)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- The Hive: ISBN 0340562684 (0-340-56268-4)
Journey to the AlcarriaISBN 0299032507 (0-299-03250-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Journey to the Alcarria Travels Through the Spanish Countryside. ReprintISBN 0871133792 (0-87113-379-2)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to the Alcarria Travels Through the Spanish Countryside. Reprint'Book summary:Awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature, Camilo José Cela has long been recognized as one of the preeminent Spanish writers of the twentieth century. Journey to the Alcarria is the best known of his vagabundajes, Celas term for his books of travels, sketchbooks of regions or provinces. The Alcarria is a territory in New Castile, northeast of Madrid, surrounding most of the Guadalajara province. The region is high, rocky, and dry, and is famous for its honey.[via]
Cela himself is “the traveler, an urban intellectual wandering from village to village, through farms and along country roads, in search of the Spanish character. Cela relishes his encounters with the simple, honest people of the Spanish countryside—the blushing maid in the tavern, the small-town shopkeeper with airs of grandeur lonely for companionship, the old peasant with his donkey who freely shares his bread and blanket with the stranger. These vignettes are narrated in a fresh, clear prose that is wonderfully evocative. As the New York Times wrote, Cela is “an outspoken observer of human life who built his reputation on portraying what he observed in a direct colloquial style.More editions of Journey to the Alcarria Travels Through the Spanish Countryside. Reprint:
Loveless FablesISBN 0025233300 (0-02-523330-0)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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Mazurka for Two Dead MenISBN 0811212777 (0-8112-1277-7)
Softcover, New Directions
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Miro and MallorcaISBN 0847806618 (0-8478-0661-8)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her SonISBN 0801497833 (0-8014-9783-3)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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O Camaleon SolteiroISBN 0848555309 (0-8485-5530-9)
Hardcover, Editorial Compostela
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On Genes, Gods and Tyrants: The Biological Causation of MoralityISBN 1556080247 (1-55608-024-7)
Hardcover, Kluwer Academic Pub
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San Camilo, 1936: The Eve, Feast, and Octave of St. Camillus of the Year 1936 in MadridISBN 0822311968 (0-8223-1196-8)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr
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A story of history as it happens, by turns confusing and startingly clear, echoing with news and rumors, defined by grand gestures and intimate pauses, the novel leads the reader into the ordinary life of extraordinary times. Beginning on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, San Camilo, 1936 follows a twenty-year-old students attempts to sort out his private affairs (sex, money, career) in the midst of the turmoil overtaking his country. In vivid and richly textured prose that distinguishes Celas work, the emotional reality of civil war takes on a vibrant immediacy that is humorous, tender, and ultimately transforming as a young man tries to come to terms with the historical moment he inhabitsand hopes to survive.
Readers new to Cela will find in this novel ample reason for the authors growing reputation among audiences worldwide.More editions of San Camilo, 1936: The Eve, Feast, and Octave of St. Camillus of the Year 1936 in Madrid:
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LA ColmenaISBN 0679767533 (0-679-76753-3)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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LA Familia De Pascual DuarteISBN 0135283078 (0-13-528307-8)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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[via]Unabridged edition of Cela's modern novel, with study aids. Winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature. More editions of LA Familia De Pascual Duarte:
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