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Book The Hive

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camilo José Cela
  • Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9781564782687
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book The Hive written by Camilo José Cela and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel depicts the hardship borne by the lower-middle class following the Spanish Civil War.

Book Mazurka for Two Dead Men

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camilo José Cela
  • Publisher : New Directions Publishing
  • Release : 2019-02-05
  • ISBN : 0811225658
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Mazurka for Two Dead Men written by Camilo José Cela and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Best Book of the Year Nobel Prize Laureate Mazurka for Two Dead Men, the culmination of Camilo José Cela‘s literary art, opens in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War: Lionheart Gamuzo is savagely murdered. In 1939, as the war ends, his brother avenges his death. For both deaths, the blind accordion player Gaudencio plays the same mazurka. Set in backward rural Galicia, Cela’s excellent novel portrays a reign of fools, and works like contrapuntal music, its themes calling and responding, alternately brutal, melancholy, funny, lyrical, and coarse.

Book The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jos   Cela  Book Analysis

Download or read book The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jos Cela Book Analysis written by Bright Summaries and published by BrightSummaries.com. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock the more straightforward side of The Family of Pascual Duarte with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela, an uncompromisingly bleak portrayal of the violence that plagued rural Spain in the early 20th century. It tells the story of Pascual Duarte through an ingenious nested narrative which spans three unreliable narrators and several years, and describes the path that eventually led the protagonist to be sentenced to death for the murder of a nobleman. Camilo José Cela was a Spanish writer who won a number of prestigious awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989. He was considered one of the most influential Spanish writers of the 20th century, and is generally credited with founding the tremendismo literary movement. He died in Madrid in 2002. Find out everything you need to know about The Family of Pascual Duarte in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Book Do This For You

Download or read book Do This For You written by Krissy Cela and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “So many women second-guess themselves, put their needs last, or feel like they don’t have time to worry about their own well-being. But the truth is, a healthy balanced lifestyle is possible once you choose to commit, no matter what limitations you think you have, and I want to show you how!” —Krissy Cela Do This For You is your personal action plan for building your best life. Starting from the inside out, Krissy’s expert coaching will help you to grow into a stronger, more confident you. Fitness is as much about the mental battle as it is the physical. Using simple techniques, Krissy will help you to develop the inner strength to do this for you, find the “why” that drives you, learn to value routine over motivation, challenge mental barriers and self-doubt, reframe your thoughts on diet and exercise, and build healthy habits that last. Uplifting and empowering, this book will inspire a sense of self-worth that will radiate into every corner of your life.

Book San Camilo  1936

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camilo José Cela
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780822311966
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book San Camilo 1936 written by Camilo José Cela and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as one of the best works by the winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature, San Camilo, 1936 appears here for the first time in English translation. One of Spain's most popular writers, Camilo José Cela is recognized for his experiments with language and with difficult subject matter. In San Camilo, 1936, first published in 1969, these concerns converge in a fascinating narrative that is as challenging as it is rewarding, as troubling as it is compelling. A story of history as it happens, by turns confusing and startingly clear, echoing with news and rumors, defined by grand gestures and intimate pauses, the novel leads the reader into the ordinary life of extraordinary times. Beginning on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, San Camilo, 1936 follows a twenty-year-old student's attempts to sort out his private affairs (sex, money, career) in the midst of the turmoil overtaking his country. In vivid and richly textured prose that distinguishes Cela's work, the emotional reality of civil war takes on a vibrant immediacy that is humorous, tender, and ultimately transforming as a young man tries to come to terms with the historical moment he inhabits--and hopes to survive. Readers new to Cela will find in this novel ample reason for the author's growing reputation among audiences worldwide.

Book The Red Palace

Download or read book The Red Palace written by June Hur and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June Hur, critically acclaimed author of The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, returns with The Red Palace—a third evocative, atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kerri Maniscalco. To enter the palace means to walk a path stained in blood... Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father's approval. But Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon's closest friend and mentor. Determined to prove her beloved teacher's innocence, Hyeon launches her own secret investigation. In her hunt for the truth, she encounters Eojin, a young police inspector also searching for the killer. When evidence begins to point to the Crown Prince himself as the murderer, Hyeon and Eojin must work together to search the darkest corners of the palace to uncover the deadly secrets behind the bloodshed. Praise for The Red Palace: An ABA Indie Bestseller A Junior Library Guild Selection Forbes Most Anticipated Book of 2022 Selection "A tense political thriller, a beautiful romance, and a coming of age all in one unique package." —School Library Journal, starred review "This atmospheric historical mystery will transport and captivate readers ... A beautifully written story full of historical and cultural details that will leave readers aching for a follow-up." —Booklist, starred review "An expertly choreographed mystery with a touch of romance and an emotionally satisfying conclusion ... The perfect book to curl up with for a cozy winter afternoon of murder and intrigue." —NPR

Book Christ Versus Arizona

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camilo José Cela
  • Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 1564783413
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book Christ Versus Arizona written by Camilo José Cela and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christ versus Arizona turns on the events in 1881 that surrounded the shootout at the OK Corral, where Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Clantons and the McLaurys. Set against a backdrop of an Arizona influenced by the Mexican Revolution and the westward expansion of the United States, the story is a bravura performance by the 1989 Nobel Prize-winning author. A monologue by the naive, unreliable, and uneducated Wendell L. Espana, the book weaves together hundreds of characters and a torrent of interconnected anecdotes, some true, some fabricated. Wendell s story is a document of the vast array of ills that welcomed the dawning of the twentieth century, ills that continue to shape our world in the new millennium."

Book Art  Aesthetics  and the Brain

Download or read book Art Aesthetics and the Brain written by Joseph P. Huston and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What neural processes underlie the appreciation of painting, music, and dance? How did such processes evolve? This book brings together experts in genetics, psychology, neuroimaging, neuropsychology, art history, and philosophy to explore these questions. It sets the stage for a cognitive neuroscience of art and aesthetics.

Book Happy Healthy Strong

Download or read book Happy Healthy Strong written by Krissy Cela and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's a great place to start if you're set to get fighting fit' - New! Magazine 'This woman will change how you exercise forever' - YOU Magazine FEEL-GOOD FOOD AND FITNESS. UNBELIEVABLE RESULTS. Fitness guru Krissy Cela wants to transform your life with her 360-degree approach to exercise, eating well and mindset, with results that really work. Happy Healthy Strong is a simple and achievable plan that you can do at home, focusing on three key elements for life-long success: - Train Your Brain - to build your mental strength - Fuel Your Life - more than 80 easy, delicious recipes to keep your body strong and satisfied - Move Move Move - over 45 at-home exercises, complete with build-your-own workout guides for every level Looking after your body and mind is the most important thing you can do for happiness and wellbeing; it means so much more than a number on the scales. Through Krissy's tried-and-tested advice, you will feel great and get results you've never thought possible, with a programme you can stick to for life. With Happy Healthy Strong, you can say goodbye to yo-yo dieting, feel great, and live a life that truly empowers you.

Book Journey to the Alcarria

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camilo José Cela
  • Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN : 9780871133793
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book Journey to the Alcarria written by Camilo José Cela and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize for Literature, Camilo José Cela has long been recognized as one of the preeminent Spanish writers of the twentieth century. Journey to the Alcarria is the best known of his vagabundajes, Cela's term for his books of travels, sketchbooks of regions or provinces. The Alcarria is a territory in New Castile, northeast of Madrid, surrounding most of the Guadalajara province. The region is high, rocky, and dry, and is famous for its honey. Cela himself is "the traveler," an urban intellectual wandering from village to village, through farms and along country roads, in search of the Spanish character. Cela relishes his encounters with the simple, honest people of the Spanish countryside--the blushing maid in the tavern, the small-town shopkeeper with airs of grandeur lonely for companionship, the old peasant with his donkey who freely shares his bread and blanket with the stranger. These vignettes are narrated in a fresh, clear prose that is wonderfully evocative. As the New York Times wrote, Cela is "an outspoken observer of human life who built his reputation on portraying what he observed in a direct colloquial style."

Book Human Evolution

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camilo J. Cela-Conde
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2007-09-27
  • ISBN : 0198567804
  • Pages : 446 pages

Download or read book Human Evolution written by Camilo J. Cela-Conde and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-27 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended as a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from physical anthropology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and philosophy. Human evolution courses are now widespread and this book has the potential to satisfy the requirements of most, particularly at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It is based on a translation, albeit with substantial modification, of a successful Spanish language book.

Book Boxwood

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camilo José Cela
  • Publisher : New Directions Publishing
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780811214971
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Boxwood written by Camilo José Cela and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader bear with him. There's gold to mine!

Book Mrs  Caldwell Speaks to Her Son

Download or read book Mrs Caldwell Speaks to Her Son written by Camilo José Cela and published by Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well Mrs Caldwell is the English mother of Eliacim who has died a while ago (not clear but possibly in WW2 or at least between the world wars). She is writing a sort of diary of her thoughts as she ponders her relationship with her now grown son. The book has about 200 pages with about 200 short chapters, each with a descriptive heading. She is going mad and the basic suggestion (though not clear since this is definitely not a simple narrative story, but in my view) is because of her guilt in having had incestuous thoughts about him since he was a boy. Each chapter is basically a thought picture with little connectivity with the others as Caldwell brings to mind Eliacim’s possible loves, his career in the navy (he dies aboard ship and is buried at sea), objects that spark a memory, avoids but alludes to her inappropriate behaviours and so on. There is a possible thread of ideas associated with water, wood of coffins, sin, time and her own youth."--Goodreads

Book Proceedings  CELA 84

Download or read book Proceedings CELA 84 written by Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Unprotected

Download or read book Unprotected written by Billy Porter and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing—now in paperback It’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Before Billy Porter was slaying red carpets and giving an iconic Emmy-winning performance in the celebrated TV show Pose; before he was the groundbreaking Tony and Grammy Award–winning star of Broadway’s Kinky Boots; and before he was an acclaimed recording artist, actor, playwright, director, and all-around legend, Porter was a young boy in Pittsburgh who was seen as different, who didn’t fit in. At five years old, Porter was sent to therapy to “fix” his effeminacy. He was endlessly bullied at school, sexually abused by his stepfather, and criticized at his church. Porter came of age in a world where simply being himself was a constant struggle. Billy Porter’s Unprotected is the life story of a singular artist and survivor in his own words. It is the story of a boy whose talent and courage opened doors for him, but only a crack. It is the story of a teenager discovering himself, learning his voice and his craft amid deep trauma. And it is the story of a young man whose unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now; a proud icon who refuses to back down or hide. Porter is a multitalented, multifaceted treasure at the top of his game, and Unprotected is a resonant, inspirational story of trauma and healing, shot through with his singular voice.

Book Camilo Jos   Cela and His Patternings    la Lermontov

Download or read book Camilo Jos Cela and His Patternings la Lermontov written by Thomas R. Franz and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Old Spain and New Spain

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Henn
  • Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780838640159
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Old Spain and New Spain written by David Henn and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first, book-length study of the six travel narratives published by the 1989 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literatures. Preliminary chapters focus on technical and thematic aspects of travel-writing, and on the author's approach to the genre. Cela's travel works, which appeared between 1948 and 1986, are examined in turn, with a focus on the construction of the narratives and also on the themes that are developed in each of them. There is an assessment of the author's treatment of topographical, cultural, historical, and social material in his accounts of the journeys he made through various areas and regions of Spain, as well as a consideration of the way in which these narratives reflect changes taking place in Spain during the Franco regime and in the decade following the dictator's death. David Henn teaches modern Spanish fiction, drama, and travel literature at University College London.