L'Homme de choc
| Author | Joseph Peyré |
|---|---|
| Translator | Burton Charles Hoffman James Lewis May |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
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Publication date
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1936 |
| Pages | 272 |
L'Homme de choc is a novel written by Joseph Peyré, which has been variously translated into English as Rehearsal in Oviedo (1937) and Prelude in Oviedo (1938).
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Synopsis
The story takes place during the Asturian miners' strike of 1934, in a context marked by the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. Faced with political instability, the Asturian workers' parties (Union de los Hermanos Proletarios, which brings together anarchists and socialists) organized the province's insurrection against Madrid, thinking they were in the vanguard of the Spanish socialist revolution that was to sweep through the entire country.
Reception
"This is the second novel by Joseph Peyré to be publisied in this country," wrote a contemporary critic. "It is the story of the Asturian revolt of 1934, which now appears as a rehersal tothe present bloody conflict in Spain. The writing has the same demoniac quality as that of Peyre’s first, which was Glittering Death, the Goncourt prize winner of 1935."[1]
Notes
- ↑ Chicago Daily Tribune, Vol. XCVII, No. 25 (1938), p. 8.
References
- Bertrand de Muñoz, Maryse (1969). "La Guerre Civile Espagnole et la Littérature," Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, Vol. III, No. 1, pp. 62–79 .
- Bertrand de Muñoz, Maryse (2001). Guerra y Novela: La Guerra Española de 1936-1939. Sevilla: Ediciones Alfar.
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