by Francisco Umbral · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408020103
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«Capital del dolor» is the novel by Francisco Umbral published in 1997 by Planeta in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is set in a small Castilian town and portrays the rise of agrarian caudillos and the Falanges of Castile. Umbral weaves together local chronicle, class struggle and youthful plots to show the civil war as an intimate and cruel tragedy in the daily life of its inhabitants.
Novel published in 1997; this edition corresponds to the Booket imprint of Planeta.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary Spanish narrative, particularly those interested in the memory of the civil war.
Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez, better known as Francisco Umbral, was a Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist.
