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The Hive by Camilo Jose Cela

June 16, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Eons ago, my BFF and I were wandering through a museum in Bruges, Belgium, when we stumbled on The Last Judgement by Hieronymus Bosch.  We must have parked ourselves in front of it for a good half hour (museums weren’t particularly crowded in those days) and yokels from California that we were, we were impressed.  The details and clever use of bodily orifices was stunning.  This book struck me as a secular Spanish version of same. Cela was a Spanish Nobel Prize winner, and this […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Ambiance rather than plot, Camilo Jose Cela, Franco era, Huge cast of characters, Madrid, Spain 1940s, spanish civil war

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Ambiance rather than plot, Camilo Jose Cela, Franco era, Huge cast of characters, Madrid, Spain 1940s, spanish civil war ·
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Just because you can write a 1000 page book doesn’t mean you have to…

January 18, 2017 by pluiedenovembre Leave a Comment

El laberinto de los espíritus (literally, The Labyrinth of the Spirits) is the fourth book in the saga of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. This saga started  in 2001 with The Shadow of the Wind, followed by The Angel’s Game and The Prisoner of Heaven. All three books take place in Barcelona, in the aftermath of the Civil War. If you are not familiar with them, I recommend you get your hands on a copy of The Shadow of the Wind […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: Barcelona, Carlos Ruiz Záfon, Cemetery of Forgotten Books, civil war, europe, franquismo, Madrid, military dictatorship, mystery, old books, shadow of the wind, Spain, spanish civil war, war

pluiedenovembre's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: Barcelona, Carlos Ruiz Záfon, Cemetery of Forgotten Books, civil war, europe, franquismo, Madrid, military dictatorship, mystery, old books, shadow of the wind, Spain, spanish civil war, war ·
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