Resurrecting history. (Spanish art, history, and the 1936-1939 civil war)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 6, 1996 | Copyright information

Spanish writers have only recently shown an inclination to depict the events of Spain's Civil War, even though the war is now more than half a century in the past. Two of the more noteworthy works on war-related themes are Camilo Jose Cela's 'La Colmena' and Antonio Munoz Molina's 'El Jinete Polaco.'

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THE Spanish civil war was one of the most polarising of modern conflicts, and one of the most consistently romanticised. The Ernest Hemingways saw only the egalitarian ...

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