by Miguel de Unamuno · Espasa-Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423919109
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«San Manuel Bueno, mártir» is the short novel by Miguel de Unamuno, published by Espasa-Calpe in paperback (172 pages, in Spanish).
Don Manuel, a priest loved by his community, hides a deep doubt about faith and eternal life. Ángela Carballino remembers don Manuel with admiration and reconstructs his story, where appearance, consolation and belief intertwine. The novel raises the conflict between faith and reason, and the role of hope in the community.
Edition by Víctor García de la Concha in the Austral Collection. The work was originally published in 1930.
For students and readers of Spanish literature interested in the conflicts between faith, reason and religion.
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which The Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel".
