Benito Perez Galdos

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Marianela by Benito P rez Gald s (1843-1920). Translated by Gloria Bodtorf ClarkWidely considered the greatest novelist after Cervantes, Gald s is recognized as the leading literary figure in nineteenth-century Spain and the founder of Spanish narrative realism. After this early novel was warmly received by the public in 1878, Marianela was soon followed by successful reprints, revised editions, and translations. This is the first English translation since those nineteenth-century publications. Marianela, set in Socartes, a fictional ore-mining village in northern Spain, tells the story of a young girl who is unable to hold a physically demanding job in the mining community because of her physical condition. She is hired by a wealthy landowner as a guide for his blind son, Pablo. In her friendship with Pablo, she finds the understanding and affection she has missed in her life. Pablo believes that Marianela must be the most beautiful woman in the world, given her inner beauty, kindness, and generosity with him and promises to marry her. But complications develop when an eye surgeon and Pablo's beautiful cousin come to town. Marianela is a novel that illuminates many facets of nineteenth-century Spanish society. Gald s's complex characterizations within the deceptively simple rustic love triangle hold serious philosophical elements that can be read on many levels.

Marianela by Benito P rez Gald s (1843-1920). Translated by Gloria Bodtorf ClarkWidely considered the greatest novelist after Cervantes, Gald s is recognized as the leading literary figure in nineteenth-century Spain and the founder of Spanish narrative realism. After this early novel was warmly received by the public in 1878, Marianela was soon followed by successful reprints, revised editions, and translations. This is the first English translation since those nineteenth-century publications. Marianela, set in Socartes, a fictional ore-mining village in northern Spain, tells the story of a young girl who is unable to hold a physically demanding job in the mining community because of her physical condition. She is hired by a wealthy landowner as a guide for his blind son, Pablo. In her friendship with Pablo, she finds the understanding and affection she has missed in her life. Pablo believes that Marianela must be the most beautiful woman in the world, given her inner beauty, kindness, and generosity with him and promises to marry her. But complications develop when an eye surgeon and Pablo's beautiful cousin come to town. Marianela is a novel that illuminates many facets of nineteenth-century Spanish society. Gald s's complex characterizations within the deceptively simple rustic love triangle hold serious philosophical elements that can be read on many levels.

När en läkare anländer till gruvsamhället Socartes i norra Spanien träffar han en blind men välbärgad ung man, som förälskat sig i sin ledsagerska, den fattiga Marianela, vars röst är vacker men som hämmats i växten av undernäring. Den blinde Pablos kärlek är mer än besvarad, och trots vad folk säger är han övertygad om att den sjungande, godhjärtade Marianela måste vara den vackraste på jorden. Men vad ska hända om han med läkarens hjälp återfår synen och äntligen kan betrakta sin ledsagerska? Den flerfaldigt Nobelprisnominerade Benito Pérez Galdós brukar räknas som en av 1800-talets främsta författare inom realismen. Han skrev över 70 romaner, 23 pjäser och en mängd noveller och journalistik. Marianela tillhör hans mest kända verk och har flera gånger filmatiserats. Med sina filosofiska dimensioner om det synliga och det osynliga kan denna bok läsas på olika nivåer, samtidigt som den tar oss på en sagolik resa till det rustika 1800-talets Spanien.” Som romanförfattare är Galdós ofta Dostojevskijs like.” – Luís Buñuel