The Metal of the Dead
by Concha Espina
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A complex novel with an epic cast of characters, Concha Espina's 'The Metal of the Dead' offers a documentary account of the events leading up to the 1917 workers' strike against the unfair labor practices of the Rio Tinto Ltd., the multinational conglomerate managing Spain's oldest copper mine. Intertwined with a detailed chronicle of social unrest and highly technical descriptions of the mines' geological structure and of different mining operations, are the romantic relationships of three show more feminine protagonists: Aurora, an angelic young woman from Spain's northern highlands, who is engaged to Gabriel Suarez, a miner who becomes an anarchist; Rosario, a newspaper reporter from Madrid, who falls in love with Aurelio Echea, the Socialist union leader, who, like several other characters in the novel, is based on a real-life figure; and Casilda, a passionate Andalusian beauty, who, like Bizet's Carmen, spurns the man who loves her, while yearning for one who resists her charms. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Metal of the Dead
- Original title
- El metal de los muertos
- Original publication date
- 1920
- People/Characters*
- Aurora; Gabriel Suárez; Rosario; Aurelio Echea; Casilda
- Important places*
- Huelva, Andalucía, España
- Original language*
- Español
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 823.64 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1745-1799 Goldsmith, Oliver 1728–74 (See also 821.64 and 824.66)
- LCC
- PQ6609 .S5 .M4 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Spanish literature Individual authors, 1868-1960
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- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 9
