by Camilo José Cela · Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437607948
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«La colmena» is the novel by Spanish writer Camilo José Cela, published by Cátedra in paperback (385 pages, in Spanish).
The story takes place in Madrid in 1943, in the midst of the postwar period, and follows dozens of lower-middle-class characters who cross paths in cafés, streets, and homes as they try to get by. The brief sequences jump from one character to another and compose a choral, bitter portrait of the city, with irony and detachment regarding poverty and disillusionment.
Edition by Jorge Urrutia, in the Letras Hispánicas collection from Cátedra. The work is the first part of the series «Caminos inciertos».
For readers of classic Spanish fiction and for students of postwar social narrative.
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
