Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was born in Bilbao on 29th September 1864. He wrote novels, essays, poems and plays, and in addition to these he played an important part in the political and intellectual life of Spain - an involvement that led to his exile to Fuerteventura in 1924. San Manuel Bueno, martir (1930) was his last novel before his death in 1936. It tells the story of a heroic priest who has lost his faith in immortality, a theme that had interested Unamuno for many years. The setting of the novel is atmospheric and significant, the characters shadowy and symbolic. The book overall is a synthesis of Unamuno's philosophy.

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was born in Bilbao on 29th September 1864. He wrote novels, essays, poems and plays, and in addition to these he played an important part in the political and intellectual life of Spain - an involvement that led to his exile to Fuerteventura in 1924.

Fully annotated book containing the complete work, an interesting introduction, a chronological table of important events & occurrences (relevant to the author and the book) pertinent essays & critiques concerning the book, as well as a complete bibliography.

"A novel that features 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."--Amazon.com.

Miguel de Unamuno was profoundly influenced by S ren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous works at a time when Kierkegaard was virtually unknown in Southern Europe. This book explores the scope and character of that influence, clarifies misconceptions in the relationship between the authors, and offers an original, Kierkegaardian reading of three of Unamuno's best known novels: Niebla, San Manuel Bueno, m rtir, and Abel S nchez. Both authors hold a "self as achievement" view in which the authentic self is seen as the result of the choices one makes over a lifetime. For Kierkegaard, the spheres of existence-the esthetic, the ethical, and the religious-are "stages on life's way" to becoming an authentic self before God. Unamuno, however, holds that the same spheres of existence offer equally valid modes of authentic existence as long as one chooses them freely and passionately. This book will be of great interest to scholars of existentialism, Unamuno, and Kierkegaard.

A collection of short poems with titles such as "Screen Door," "Bike Rental," and "Photo Album."

San Manuel Bueno, mártirBy Miguel de Unamuno

San Manuel Bueno, mártir, es una novela escrita por Miguel de Unamuno. Se publicó por primera vez en 1931, en el número 461 de la revista La novela de hoy correspondiente al 13 de marzo de dicho año. En 1933, la editorial Espasa Calpe publicó San Manuel Bueno, mártir, y tres historias más. En el prólogo de esta edición, Unamuno se preguntó cuál fue la razón de reunir San Manuel Bueno, mártir, con dos de las otras historias: ¿por qué he reunido en un volumen, haciéndoles correr la misma suerte, a tres novelas de tan distinta, al parecer, inspiración?. Tras aclarar que, desde luego, fueron concebidas, gestadas y paridas sucesivamente y sin apenas intervalos, casi en una ventregada, él mismo se contestó diciendo que a los protagonistas de estas novelas lo que les atosigaba era el pavoroso problema de la personalidad, si uno es lo que es y seguirá siendo lo que es.

Delve into three of Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno's most haunting parables. This essential Unamuno reader begins with the full-length novel Abel Sanchez, a modern retelling of the story of Cain and Abel. Also included are two remarkable short stories, The Madness of Doctor Montarco and San Manuel Bueno, Martyr, featuring quixotic, philosophically existential characters confronted by the dull ache of modernity. Translated by Anthony Kerrigan and with an insightful introduction by Mario J. Valdes