El aire de un crimen

Synopsis of El aire de un crimen

Under the summer sun, Captain Medina travels through the Region in search of soldiers who have escaped from the fort of San Mamud. The appearance of the corpse of an unknown man in a town and its subsequent conservation and exchange unleash a series of events that alter the languid existence of the characters. The adaptation of the characters to their habitual mutism confines the events to the small local chronicle, and in the end the veil of silence will be drawn over the fluctuations of some subdued destinies. Published by Planeta DeAgostini in 2000, this book by Juan Benet is a novel of 20th century Spanish literature.