by Francisco Umbral · Editorial Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422662891
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«Capital del dolor» is the historical novel by Francisco Umbral, published by Editorial Planeta in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
Set in a small Castilian town during the Civil War, the youthful plot intersects with the rise of agrarian caudillos and the Falange. Umbral traces the struggle of twelve thousand socialists against the feudal oligarchy, the liberal intelligentsia and the Army, with youth, the Church, prostitution and class struggle in the background.
The first edition was published in 1996 and the title was included in the Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos collection.
A work for readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and historical novels, with particular interest in the Civil War and the figure of Francisco Umbral.
Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez, better known as Francisco Umbral, was a Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist.
