by Ramón Hernández · Argos Vergara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470177897
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«Pido la muerte al rey» is the novel by Ramón Hernández, published by Argos Vergara in paperback (341 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows a marginalized man whom the Francoist police arrest as a suspect of terrorist activities. Subjected to torture, the protagonist loses his identity and ends up confined in an asylum. Trapped by a feeling of guilt, he asks King Juan Carlos for his own death, convinced that only the king can make him atone for his guilt.
Published in 1979, this is the first edition of the novel, framed within Spanish social narrative.
A read for those seeking novels about Francoist repression and loss of identity.
