- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press (Mar 27 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0252068947
- ISBN-13: 978-0252068942
- Product Dimensions: 18.9 x 13.9 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #475,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"It is excellent news that Unamuno's Niebla is once again available in English, in this readable version by Warner Fite. The generally pedantic and even stilted tone of much of Augusto's monologues and dialogues has been preserved, and even if that seems strange to the unprepared English-reader... Reading this translation has confirmed me in the belief that Niebla deserves not to be forgotten." Roger Wright, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
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A towering figure of political, philosophical, and literary controversy, Miguel de Unamuno was the undisputed intellectual leader of the brilliant Generation of 1898 that ushered in a second golden age of Spanish culture. In the vast and varied body of his work, none conveys his intellectual legacy more effectively than "Mist", a monument of the philosophical novel and a masterpiece of modern experimental fiction. Dispensing with the conventions of action, time and place, and analysis of character, "Mist" proceeds entirely on the strength of dialogue that reveals the struggles of what Unamuno called his "agonists". These include Augusto Perez, the pampered son of a recently deceased mother; the deceitful, scheming Eugenia, whom Augusto obsessively idealizes; and, Augusto's dog Orfeo, who gives a funeral oration upon his master's death. "Mist" even includes a chapter that explains Unamuno's theory of the antinovel. Anticipating later writers such as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, Unamuno exploited fiction as a vehicle for the exploration of philosophical themes.First published in 1914, "Mist" exemplified a new kind of novel with which Unamuno aimed to shatter fiction's conventional illusions of reality. It is an antinovel that treats its fictionality ironically. This historic reissue includes a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski.
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AUGUSTO appeared at the door of his house and held out his right hand with the palm downward. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Spanish Classic, DO NOT MISS IT!!!,
By santiago (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mist: A TRAGICOMIC NOVEL (Paperback)
This is the typical novel that when in schooldays, the Teacher order the pupils to read it. And obviously, you do (or you pretend that you do) without paying very much attention on what you read. Sometimes this novel do not appear in the Compulsory Lecture Program, and you escape from it. This is what happened to me...Later, a friend of yours (in my case it was my partner) recommends you to go over it again, and you discover a Gem. There are very little things than can be said about the plot, the characters, the language... because I risk to spoil the whole experience of reading it. But I would not avoid saying that Unamuno was one of the most clever writers that ever existed in my country (everyone has heard of him here), and that in "Mist", mostly all things that worries the Human being, such as love, relationships between men and women, marriage, the Meaning of life, the aim of Literature itself... is within its pages, and that is exposed in a very surprising and entertaining way. As every Masterpiece, it admits many different lectures and points of view, and it might be a very good piece of literature to be discussed in one of those Book Clubs that are so popular in the States. Trust me: Read it and you won't be disappointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
existential masterpiece,
By Katherine Randle (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mist: A TRAGICOMIC NOVEL (Paperback)
This is one of my favorite books of all time. It's about everything and nothing at the same time. It's a tragic love story, a philosophical quest, and a literary experiment all in one. An existential novel about how to write an existential novel! Unamuno's writing is both very funny and deeply insightful, and at the end, he has you questioning whether or not you yourself are alive. A mind-bending work, and one I have read again and again.
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....Mist....Niebla...Fog....,
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This review is from: Mist: A TRAGICOMIC NOVEL (Paperback)
" Ni los recuerdos ni los suenos son tan efimeros como la NIEBLA"This book deals with human emotions, thoughts and fears in a deep, meaningful and funny way. It has a little bit of everything, private conversations with God, the search for the true meaning of life, the quest to find an everlasting love, the fear of facing death, and the hardships that every single human faces during a lifetime. I read it in Spanish, and I have to say it is one of the best written books I have read so far. Every single word is where it should be, and the story flows magnificently. Im sure that with a good translation this book won't lose its magic in English. It simply belongs to a class of its own.
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