Los gozos y las sombras (lit. 'The joys and the shadows') is a trilogy of novels by the Spanish writer Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. It consists of El señor llega (1957, lit. 'The lord arrives'), Donde da la vuelta el aire (1960, lit. 'Where the air turns') and La pascua triste (1962, lit. 'The sad Easter'). It is set in a Galician fishing town before the Spanish Civil War and revolves around the conflicts between an aristocratic order and increasing economic rule. It is considered a major work of Spanish 20th-century literature.[1][2]
| |
| Author | Gonzalo Torrente Ballester |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Arión |
| Published | 1957–1962 |
El señor llega received the novel prize of the Fundación Juan March.[1] The trilogy was the basis for the 1982 television series Los gozos y las sombras, produced by Televisión Española.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Basanta, Ángel (2001). "Gonzalo Torrente Ballester en su rama de abedul". Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (in Spanish). Editorial Complutense. pp. 14–18. ISBN 84-7491-603-8.
- ^ Ruiz Baños, Sagrario (1992). Itinerarios de la ficción en Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. pp. 55–78. ISBN 84-7684-282-1.
- ^ Pereda, Rosa Maria (24 March 1982). "Torrente Ballester: "En 'Los gozos y las sombras', la novela era más erótica que la película"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2024.