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Historia y Cuentos de Galicia
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150 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
About the author
Emilia Pardo Bazán
919 books296 followersEmilia Pardo Bazán was a Galician author and scholar from Galicia. She is known for bringing naturalism to Spanish literature, for her detailed descriptions of reality, and for her role in feminist literature of her era.
Her first novel, Pascual López (1879), is a simple exercise in fantasy of no remarkable promise, though it contains good descriptive passages of romance. It was followed by a more striking story, Un viaje de novios (1881), in which a discreet attempt was made to introduce into Spain the methods of French realism. The book caused a sensation among the literary cliques, and this sensation was increased by the appearance of another naturalistic tale, La tribuna (1885), wherein the influence of Émile Zola is unmistakable. Meanwhile, the writer's reply to her critics was issued under the title of La cuestion palpitante (1883), a clever piece of rhetoric, but of no special value as regards criticism or dialectics.
The best of Emilia Pardo Bazán's work is embodied in Los pazos de Ulloa (1886), the painfully exact history of a decadent aristocratic family. A sequel, with the significant title of La madre naturaleza (1887), marks a further advance in the path of naturalism.
She was also a journalist, essayist and critic. She died in Madrid.
Her first novel, Pascual López (1879), is a simple exercise in fantasy of no remarkable promise, though it contains good descriptive passages of romance. It was followed by a more striking story, Un viaje de novios (1881), in which a discreet attempt was made to introduce into Spain the methods of French realism. The book caused a sensation among the literary cliques, and this sensation was increased by the appearance of another naturalistic tale, La tribuna (1885), wherein the influence of Émile Zola is unmistakable. Meanwhile, the writer's reply to her critics was issued under the title of La cuestion palpitante (1883), a clever piece of rhetoric, but of no special value as regards criticism or dialectics.
The best of Emilia Pardo Bazán's work is embodied in Los pazos de Ulloa (1886), the painfully exact history of a decadent aristocratic family. A sequel, with the significant title of La madre naturaleza (1887), marks a further advance in the path of naturalism.
She was also a journalist, essayist and critic. She died in Madrid.
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July 19, 2021
13. A regional or local book
De ninguna manera fue un libro aburrido, sino que los tiempos y la falta de ganas de leer luego de tantos exámenes y tantas otras lecturas fragmentarias me hacían posponerlo. Pero cada vez que termino de leer a Emilia Pardo Bazán me queda la sensación de que debería seguir leyéndola cada vez más, y que me encuentro ante una autora de una especial sensibilidad, una aguda observación de la realidad humana, incluso cuando estos cuentos rozan y, a veces, hasta llegan a lo profundo de lo supersticioso y lo más miserable de las relaciones humanas.
De ninguna manera fue un libro aburrido, sino que los tiempos y la falta de ganas de leer luego de tantos exámenes y tantas otras lecturas fragmentarias me hacían posponerlo. Pero cada vez que termino de leer a Emilia Pardo Bazán me queda la sensación de que debería seguir leyéndola cada vez más, y que me encuentro ante una autora de una especial sensibilidad, una aguda observación de la realidad humana, incluso cuando estos cuentos rozan y, a veces, hasta llegan a lo profundo de lo supersticioso y lo más miserable de las relaciones humanas.
January 18, 2022
Increíble el ritmo y poder de comunicación. No había leído nada de esta autora y por supuesto leeré más. Muy importante y atractiva también para mí la parte de costumbrismo que tiene, y la atmósfera dickensiana presente en todos los relatos.
December 27, 2018
Impagable
Nos pasea genialmente por la Galicia profunda. Sus descripciones son magistrales y nos llevan de la mano a los escenarios gallegos.
Nos pasea genialmente por la Galicia profunda. Sus descripciones son magistrales y nos llevan de la mano a los escenarios gallegos.
February 1, 2025
Primera obra que leo de la autora! Esperaba cuentos ingenuos, de fantasía… Me he encontrado un retrato de la Galicia rural de una madurez y honestidad muy ingeniosas.
No son historias con estructura clásica y final feliz, es una ventana al mundo en el que hasta hace no tanto se criaron mis antepasados. Me quedo con ganas de leer otras de sus obras, pero dejando un tiempo para reponerme de esta crudeza a la que no estoy acostumbrado!
No son historias con estructura clásica y final feliz, es una ventana al mundo en el que hasta hace no tanto se criaron mis antepasados. Me quedo con ganas de leer otras de sus obras, pero dejando un tiempo para reponerme de esta crudeza a la que no estoy acostumbrado!
January 31, 2016
Interesting
Short stories are easy to read but by the end of the book the same recurring themes are rather monotonous.
Short stories are easy to read but by the end of the book the same recurring themes are rather monotonous.
January 21, 2017
Pese a marca romântica e o cliché naturalista, próprio do tempo, um domínio superior da ironia tornam estes contos uma obra meritória, digna de ser lida.
December 31, 2021
Funny ones
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