by Ramón J. Sender · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420611358
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Mr. Witt in the Canton is a novel by the Spanish writer Ramón J. Sender, published in 1935. The story takes place in Cartagena during the cantonal uprising of 1873 and narrates the experience of Mr. Witt, an English engineer married to a Spanish woman, who finds himself immersed in the turbulent political and social events of the time. Through Witt's eyes, Sender offers a critical and human vision of the insurrection and its consequences.
Ramón José Sender Garcés was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays , Mr Witt Among the Rebels and The War in Spain (Contraataque). He published articles in the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934. During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.
