Man’s Hope (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Andre Malraux
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1936-1937
- Setting: Spain
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Epic
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Politics, Revolutions, 1930’s, Military life or service, Bombs, Spanish Civil War, Spain or Spanish people, Fascism
- Locales: Spain
Characters Discussed
Manuel (mahn-WEHL), a sound engineer in the film industry when the novel opens. He is a handsome, jovial, and idealistic young man whose political convictions have led him to join the Communist Party. When the Spanish Civil War breaks out, he becomes a soldier in the Republican army, and because of his leadership qualities, he quickly climbs through the ranks to become a high-ranking officer. Generous and outgoing at the outset of the novel, Manuel becomes increasingly detached as the realities of command force him to make brutal and occasionally inhuman...
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