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Colmena

Camilo José Cela

1953215 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1953
first published
  • 1953Gollancz · 255 pages · ENG
  • 1953V. Gollancz · 255 pages · ENG
  • 1953Farrar, Straus and Young · 257 pages · ENG
  • 1954New American Library · 222 pages · ENG
  • 1965Farrar, Straus and Young · 257 pages · ENG
  • 1990Gollancz · 215 pages · ENGISBN 9780575048102
  • 1990Noonday Press · 249 pages · ENGISBN 9780374522308

"Banned for many years by the Franco regime, Cela's masterpiece presents a panoramic view of the degradation and suffering of the lower-middle class in post-Civil War Spain. Readers are introduced to over a hundred characters through a series of interlocking vignettes, transforming this book from a social document into a towering work of inventive fiction. Filled with violence, hunger, and compassion, The Hive captures the ambitions and constraints of life under a dictatorship."--BOOK JACKET.

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