Los gozos y las sombras

by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

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.

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Genre:

Family saga

Original language:

Spanish