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Requiem por un campesino Español
by
Ramón J. Sender
'El relato es de una perfecta sobriedad y de una sencillez profunda y
estremecedora.'
This month I
would like to recommend the Requiem
to my Spanish Word-A-Day readers.
For me, this
book is somehow special. The relationship between
Mosén Millán and his young friend is our guideline throughout the story.
Mosén Millán recalls the tragic succession of events which Sender uses
to make you live through the fate of a little
village during the Spanish civil war. For me that was absolutely fascinating.
Until
now, the people in Spain have not forgotten the teachings of this
period. Most of them remembered through the stories their grandfathers told them...
The
ending of the story leaves you to think about justice and nationalism
amongst other things. Then I went back to read the beautiful beginning
again:
"Ahí
va Paco el del Molino,
que ya ha sido sentenciado,
y que llora por su vida
camino del camposanto."
Hope you enjoy
reading this book as much as I did!
Saludos,
Christobal
'Sin lugar a dudas, Réquiem por un campesino español es una de las
mejores obras de Ramón J. Sender y un libro definitivo sobre nuestra
guerra civil, alejado de cualquier intención panfletaria.'
Amazon's reviews:
Ramon Sender fuses symbolism and realism in this account of the effect
of the Spanish Civil War on a small Aragonese population. He reclaims
the image of Christ crucified for the Republican side. This image had
been used by Nationalists to symbolise the fate of Spain. It is here won
forever for Republican historians as a metaphor for the suffering of
ordinary Spanish people. Easy to read in the beautiful Spanish original
but excellently translated.
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