by Ramón J. Sender · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423334810
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«Réquiem por un campesino español» is the short novel by Ramón J. Sender, published by Destino in paperback (105 pages, in Spanish).
Mosén Millán, parish priest of an Aragonese village, waits in the sacristy to offer a requiem mass for Paco el del Molino, a young peasant he baptised and loved like a son. While waiting, he reconstructs Paco's life and the social tensions of the village that lead to his death at the start of the Civil War.
Volume 15 of the Destinolibro collection. The work originally appeared under the title «Mosén Millán».
Of interest to readers of classic Spanish fiction and historical fiction, and is common reading in schools.
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.
