Miguel de Unamuno

Retells the adventures of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.

Don Quixote

German Gullon

Niebla (Coleccion Austral (1987), 115.)

Fully annotated book containing the complete work, an interesting introduction, a chronological table of important events & occurrences (relevant to the author and the book) pertinent essays & critiques concerning the book, as well as a complete bibliography.

San Manuel Bueno, mártir

To the mentality that assumes, more or less consciously, that we must of necessity find a solution to every problem, belongs the argument based on the disastrous consequences of a thing. Take any book of apologetics-that is to say, of theological advocacy-and you will see how many times you will meet with this phrase-"the disastrous consequences of this doctrine." Now the disastrous consequences of a doctrine prove at most that the doctrine is disastrous, but not that it is false, for there is no proof that the true is necessarily that which suits us best. -from "The Rationalist Dissolution" This is the masterpiece of Miguel de Unamuno, a member of the group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers known as the "Generation of '98," and a writer whose work dramatically influenced a wide range of 20th-century literature. His down-to-earth demeanor and no-nonsense outlook makes this 1921 book a favorite of intellectuals to this day, a practical, sensible discussion of the war between faith and reason that consumed the twentieth century and continues to rage in the twenty-first century. de Unamuno's philosophy is not the stuff of a rarefied realm but an integral part of fleshly, sensual life, metaphysics that speaks to daily living and the real world. Spanish philosopher MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO (1864-1936) was a prolific writer of essays, novels, poetry, and the stage plays. His books include Peace in War (1895), The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho (1905), and Abel Snchez (1917).

Tragic Sense of Life

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La tía Tula

Mario J. Valdés

Miguel de Unamuno escribió "Niebla", en 1907, y desde su primera publicación en 1914 no ha dejado de reeditarse y se ha traducido a multitud de idiomas, lo que prueba su interés y vigencia, pero ¿qué es "Niebla"? Su autor la calificó de "novela malhumorada", de "nivola", de "rechifla amarga". La realidad supuesta de "Niebla" es la de un caso patológico en busca de su ser a través del diálogo, pero el autor ha organizado esta anécdota en un juego de espejos, un laberinto de apariencias y simulacros donde al final lo único real es el propio acto de lectura que estamos realizando, en el que Unamuno da a sus lectores importancia de re-creadores, de eslabón final de la cadena narrativa.

Niebla

San Manuel Bueno, Martir

Abel Sánchez

A revolutionary landmark in world literature that introduces the anti-hero/anti-novel, undergirded by philosophy A towering figure of political, philosophical, and literary controversy, Miguel de Unamuno was the undisputed intellectual leader of the brilliant Generation of 1898 that ushered in a second golden age of Spanish culture. In the vast and varied body of his work, none conveys his intellectual legacy more effectively than Mist, a monument of the philosophical novel and a masterpiece of modern experimental fiction. Dispensing with the conventions of action, time and place, and analysis of character, Mist proceeds entirely on the strength of dialogue that reveals the struggles of what Unamuno called his "agonists." These include Augusto Perez, the pampered son of a recently deceased mother; the deceitful, scheming Eugenia, whom Augusto obsessively idealizes; and Augusto's dog Orfeo, who gives a funeral oration upon his master's death. Mist even includes a chapter that explains Unamuno's theory of the antinovel. Anticipating later writers such as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, Unamuno exploited fiction as a vehicle for the exploration of philosophical themes. First published in 1914, Mist exemplified a new kind of novel with which Unamuno aimed to shatter fiction's conventional illusions of reality. It is an antinovel that treats its fictionality ironically. This historic reissue includes a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski.

A Tragicomic Novel

Mist

Yıldız Ersoy Canpolat

Aşkın Hücumu

Three parables by the Spanish philosopher--"Abel Sanchez," "The Madness of Doctor Montarco," and "San Manuel Bueno, Martyr"--explore the horrors of a nothingness beyond death

Abel Sanchez and Other Stories

الشعور المأساوي بالحياة

Escrito en 1904 y publicado un año después, Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho es uno de los libros más representativos de Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936). Libre y personal exégesis del “Quijote”, en que el autor no pretende descubrir el sentido que Cervantes le diera, sino el que le da él, la obra quizá sea también novela, ya que en sus páginas hidalgo y escudero reviven los episodios de la obra cervantina «en compañía de un narrador que no se priva del autoatribuido derecho a injerirse en lo narrado, trasluciendo en el comentario una voluntad tanto crítica como creadora».

Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho

Satranc Ustasi Don Sandalionun Romani

Nebbia

Fog is a fresh new translation of the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno’s Niebla, first published in 1914. An early example of modernism’s challenge to the conventions of nineteenth-century realist fiction, Fog shocked critics but delighted readers with its formal experimentation and existential themes. This revolutionary novel anticipates the work of Sartre, Borges, Pirandello, Nabokov, Calvino, and Vonnegut. The novel’s central character, Augusto, is a pampered, aimless young man who falls in love with Eugenia, a woman he randomly spots on the street. Augusto’s absurd infatuation offers an irresistible target for the philosophical ruminations of Unamuno’s characters, including Eugenia’s guardian aunt and “theoretical anarchist” uncle, Augusto’s comical servants, and his best friend, Victor, an aspiring writer who introduces him to a new, groundbreaking type of fiction. In a desperate moment, Augusto consults his creator about his fate, arguing with Unamuno about what it means to be “real.” Even Augusto’s dog, Orfeo, offers his canine point of view, reflecting on the meaning of life and delivering his master’s funeral oration. Fog is a comedy, a tragic love story, a work of metafiction, and a novel of ideas. After more than a century, Unamuno’s classic novel still moves us, makes us laugh, and invites us to question our assumptions about literature, relationships, and mortality.

A Novel

Miguel de Unamuno reflexiona hondamente en este ensayo sobre la condición del hombre a principios del siglo XX, analizando la trayectoria cultural, filosófica y religiosa que lo ha llevado, a través de los siglos, hasta ese momento histórico. Con gran profundidad, Unamuno recoge y rebate, en su caso, algunas de las corrientes de pensamiento que se han ido sucediendo a lo largo de la historia de la humanidad, desde el clasicismo griego hasta las más modernas teorías del siglo XX. Unamuno trata además la problemática de la divinidad y llega a la conclusión de la necesidad espritual de creer en un Dios personal.

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