Abel Sanchez: Story of a Passion

by Miguel de Unamuno, MaryMarc Translations (Translator), Marciano Guerrero (Editor)

Overview

Abel Sanchez (1917), subtitled �A Story of Passion,� is a recreation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel. It tells the story of the relationship between two friends: Abel Monegro and Joaquin Sanchez. It all starts with Joaquin (Cain) trying to understand the uncontrollable jealousy he felt toward his friend Abel; a feeling Joaquin could trace to when they were infants. When Abel marries Helen, the woman Joaquin was in love with, the most violent and dark feelings are stirred within Joaquin�s soul. The main theme of the novel is �envy.� In this primitive emotion �envy� Unamuno sees not only the malady of individuals, but that of his own country: Spain. In addition, some sub-themes are interlaced and treated: love, hatred, sacrifice, faith, and the ancient quarrel of the sciences versus the arts.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016023731
Publisher:	Marciano Guerrero
Publication date:	01/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	117 KB

About the Author

Unamuno lived half of his life in the 19th century and the other half in the 20th. A Spanish man �Basque� of letters quite accomplished in many fields: poetry, drama, novel, essays, philosophy, politics, and foreign languages. He was professor of Greek at University of Salamanca from 1891, becoming its rector later on. Influenced by American philosopher William James and Danish philosopher Kierkegaard he developed an existentialist Christian theology, based on a tragic view of life and immortality. In 1936 he was dismissed from Salamanca for espousing the Allied cause in World War I and later for denouncing Francisco Franco's Falangists.