by Miguel de Unamuno · Espasa-Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423901128
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«Abel Sánchez: una historia de pasión» is the novel by Miguel de Unamuno published by Espasa-Calpe in paperback (152 pages, in Spanish).
Novel centred on Joaquín Monegro, a man tormented by the envy he feels towards his friend Abel. Unamuno narrates this rivalry with a confessional approach and turns it into a modern reworking of the conflict of Cain and Abel. The work delves into the psychology of resentment, identity and the passions that corrode the protagonist.
Originally published in 1917, this novel belongs to the Colección Austral (no. 112) of Espasa-Calpe.
For readers of classic Spanish fiction and for those seeking novels centred on the psychological portrayal of characters.
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which The Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel".
