'No Spanish voice was heard during the fifty years of his active intellectual life which could compare with his in the strength of his passion nor in the profound seriousness with which he challenged every complacency...The central idea in all his fi...
Delve into three of Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno's most haunting parables. This essential Unamuno reader begins with the full-length novel Abel Sanchez, a modern retelling of the story of Cain and Abel. Also included are two remarkable short...
A novel that features Augusto Perez, the pampered son of a recently deceased mother; the deceitful, scheming Eugenia, whom Augusto obsessively idealizes; and, Augusto's dog Orfeo, who gives a funeral oration upon his master's death....
"The generation of Spanish artists known as the 98ers, who renounced politics and sought their country's true spirit within its landscape, culture, and character, are well represented here by thirteen stories by five outstanding authors. Four of the ...
Mist (1914) is not a novel, but rather a ‘Nivola,’ a neologism invented by Miguel de Unamuno to taunt his critics. We cannot say it’s a new genre, because no other author has ever written a 'Nivola.' What is certain is that Mist is one of the m...
Saint Manuel, Martyr explores deep religious and philosophical paradoxes that question the meaning of life and death. In sum, the novel portrays a simple man without faith, who in his solitude, loneliness, and suffering sees that faith is merely an i...
Publicado nuevamente en 1933 con La novela de Don Sandalio, Un pobre hombre rico y Una historia de amor, en este libro el Unamuno filósofo se cruza con el teólogo, expresado en una prosa clara y concisa que sorprende con magníficos sac...
Miguel de Unamuno’sTragic Sense of Life is a masterpiece of twentieth-century Spanish literature and an accessible introduction to existential philosophy. Unamuno is fascinated by the interplay of faith and reason, and he locates our common humanit...