La familia de Pascual Duarte / The Family of Pascual Duarte

La primera novela
de Camilo Jose Cela, hito en la literatura espanola de la posguerra.

La familia de
Pascual Duarte vio la luz en 1942 y tuvo un enorme impacto en el panorama literario espanol
del momento. Primer libro de Camilo
Jose Cela, supuso un valioso punto de partida para la narrativa espanola de posguerra. La vida tragica de
su arquetipico protagonista, gobernada
por la mas salvaje violencia, era un comentario indirecto sobre la barbarie padecida por los
espanoles durante la recien concluida

Guerra Civil, al tiempo que daba carta de naturaleza a una tendencia
literaria renovadora, luego conocida como tremendismo .

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The first novel by Camilo Jose Cela, a landmark in postwar Spanish literature.

The Family of Pascual Duarte first saw the light in 1942 and had a huge impact on the Spanish literary scene of the time. Camilo Jose Cela’s first book was a valuable starting point for postwar Spanish narrative.

The tragic life of its archetypal protagonist, who lived submersed in anguish, pain, and the most savage violence, was an indirect reflection of the cruelty and savagery suffered by Spaniards during the recently concluded Civil War, while at the same it opened the door to a new literary style, later known as tremendismo , which is characterized by a tendency to emphasize violence and grotesque imagery.