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The first major English translation of the final book in the expansive and essential "Celia" series by Elena Fortún. Set during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Celia in the Revolution is the last in a series of young adult novels written by Encarnación Aragoneses, known by the pen name Elena Fortún, one of the most prolific and popular Spanish authors of the mid-twentieth century. In a series of more than twenty novels, Fortún's protagonist is Celia Gálvez de Montalbán, a precocious show more and rebellious girl from an affluent family who's not afraid to question authority and dream, and that often gets her into trouble. Readers watch her grow from age seven through adolescence to the threshold of womanhood at seventeen, which is her age in this dark, inspiring novel about the war that changed Spain. In this last narrative in the legendary series, Celia has an awakening that not even her lively imagination could have anticipated. The once carefree, innocent child prone to playful fantasies must suddenly confront a world that's utterly changed, finding herself amid a bloody conflict, la Guerra Civil. Celia, now a madrecita, a little mother to her two younger sisters since the death of their mother, is forced into a life of hardship, a world of hunger, witness to violence, executions, bombing raids, and death. With Celia's sorrows come her courageous and profound compassion, consoling and caring for virtually every war victim that crosses her path, no matter their political inclinations, and no matter all that Celia must contend with herself. Celia, despite all her travails, manages to survive with determination, defiance, and dignity. Written immediately after the war, Celia in the Revolution was not published during Elena Fortún's lifetime, until after the death of the dictator, Francisco Franco, due to censorship. This first major English translation by eminent scholar and Hispanist Michael Ugarte captures the narrative and nuances of Celia's voice and others in this character-rich novel, and fellow eminent scholar and Hispanist Nuria Capdevila-Arguëlles's preface brings powerful insights into this remarkable work by Elena Fortún that transcends young adult literature. show lessTags
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Sumergirse en la poderosa lectura de Celia en la revolución es un ejercicio de valentía. Doloroso. Difícil. Y sin embargo, es imprescindible. Por su valor histórica y literario, porque ha sido la pluma de una #MujerEnLaLiteratura a la que no se le ha dado su lugar y a la que se ha maltratado tan injustamente.
Crítica completa en: https://alibreria.com/2018/05/21/celia-en-la-revolucion-de-elena-fortun/
Crítica completa en: https://alibreria.com/2018/05/21/celia-en-la-revolucion-de-elena-fortun/
Celia en la revolución está narrado en primera persona y se centra en la adolescente protagonista, en su vida diaria, sus apuros, sus miedos y en sus continuos traslados por motivo de la guerra. Celia tiene dieciséis años al comienzo y unos diecinueve al acabar la guerra. Aparenta incluso algunos más, por lo que la declaran mayor de edad: así podrá viajar y vivir sola y actuar como tutora de sus hermanas. El elemento más infantil del libro aparece solo en los primeros capítulos, tal vez porque la realidad de la guerra era demasiado dura para mezclarla con ese mundo. Pero, sobre todo, está claro que, sin la transformación del volumen anterior, lo que pasa en este difícilmente hubiera resultado creíble. Esta circunstancia y show more el hecho de que la historia continúe sin saltos entre ambos libros y que prosiga en el siguiente, Celia, institutriz en América (1944), podría llevarnos a pensar que Fortún se planteó en algún momento escribir una especie de trilogía. Los tres libros están íntimamente entrelazados y a través de ellos se ve con toda claridad la evolución del personaje a golpe de desengaños. En este sentido, los tres constituirían una Bildungsroman por entregas cuyo objetivo real sería elaborar un retrato de las circunstancias que rodearon a la guerra civil. Sin embargo, la hipotética trilogía quedó truncada al no publicarse en su momento el segundo de los libros. show less
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- Celia en la revolución
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- Celia en la revolución
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- 1987
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- Celia Gálvez
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- Madrid, España; Barcelona, Cataluña, España; Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, España; Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, España
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- Español
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