by Francisco Umbral · Editorial Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408017882
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«Capital del dolor» is the historical novel by Francisco Umbral, published in 1996 by Editorial Planeta in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
The novel begins in a small Castilian town during the Civil War and follows youthful plots to portray the struggle of twelve thousand socialists against the feudal oligarchy, the liberal intelligentsia, the Falange and the Army. The Church, the Jewish quarters, prostitution, sniping and class struggle appear as a backdrop.
A work of interest for readers of historical fiction and twentieth-century Spanish narrative, with the Civil War as a backdrop.
Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez, better known as Francisco Umbral, was a Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist.
