The Family of Pascual Duarte
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The Family of Pascual Duarte is a 1942 novel written by Spanish Nobel laureate Camilo José Cela. The first two editions created an uproar and in less than a year it was banned. A new Spanish edition w
First edition
The Stranger (Camus novel)
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The Stranger, also published in English as The Outsider, is a 1942 novella written by French author Albert Camus. The first of Camus's novels to be published, the story follows Meursault, an indiffere
The Family of Pascual Duarte
…whatever he does nothing will ever change. As aforementioned, the book could be said to explore a Spanish version of existentialism: as in Albert Camus's L'étranger, Pascual is seen by society as an outsider, unable or unwilling to follow its norms. His autobiographical tale shows some of the tremendously harsh…
Cover of the first edition (Collection Blanche)