by Miguel de Unamuno · ANAYA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466726368
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«San Manuel Bueno, mártir» is the short novel by Miguel de Unamuno, published by Anaya Infantil y Juvenil in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
The parish priest Manuel Bueno is revered as a saint by his parishioners, who are unaware of his secret: he has lost his faith. He keeps up appearances so as not to shatter the peace of his community. With this story, Unamuno explores existential doubt, the silence of God and the loss of faith.
Number 22 in Anaya's Nueva Biblioteca Didáctica collection. Annotated edition by José Manuel Cabrales Arteaga, with illustrations by José María Ponce.
Recommended for readers aged fourteen and over, including students studying the classics of the Generation of '98.
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".
