A Meditation (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Juan Benet
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: The 1920’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: Región and elsewhere in northwestern Spain
- Genres: Long fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: Children, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Memory, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Spain
Characters Discussed
The narrator, the main character, a member of a conservative family and observer of the history of Región during the 1920’s and the 1930’s, a crucial period during which Región, as a microcosm of Spain, is preparing for a civil war. He relies on memory to present, again and again, some facts and characters that change and become distorted by time.
Mary, the cousin of the narrator. She is the only member of his clan who crosses the boundary that separates his family from the house of the Ruan family, another powerful clan of Región. Mary weds...
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