A Meditation (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Juan Benet
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Antistory
- Time of Work: The 1920’s through the 1960’s
- Setting: Region, a fictional town in northwest Spain, and its environs
- Principal Characters: The Narrator
- Genres: Long fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: Children, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Memory, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Spain
The Novel
A Meditation consists of one long, rambling paragraph, without divisions, in which the narrator sets forth his memories of growing up in Region and the outlying area. There is no coherent plot. Instead, the work consists of isolated scenes, philosophical meanderings, fragments of speech, parts of a letter, and diverse reflections, all arranged in no particular order. Through recollection and reflection, the narrator hopes to understand better his own life, as well as the lives of his family and acquaintances. Memory becomes a tool in the process of existential...
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