Saint Manuel Bueno, Martyr (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Work: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Valverde de Lucerna, a legendary town in northern Spain
- Principal Characters: Don Manuel, Angela Carballino, Lazaro
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Values, Suffering, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Human race, Seventeenth century, Faith, Catholics or Catholic Church, Priests, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Spain, Valverde de Lucerna, Spain
The Novel
The story begins at the moment when the town of Valverde de Lucerna begins to promote the beatification of its beloved priest. Angela Carballino, whose real father died when she was a child, has always considered Don Manuel as her “spiritual father”; she recounts his life as a kind of confession, the nature of which is not clear until the end of the novel.
Angela first recalls Don Manuel as a robust, active priest of about thirty-seven who participated in every aspect of the life of the town. He was especially interested in children and often helped...
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