Research Catalog

Title

Fog : a novel / Miguel de Unamuno ; translated from the Spanish by Elena Barcia ; introduction by Alberto Manguel.

Author

Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936

Publication

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barcia, Elena
• Manguel, Alberto

Description

ix, 178 pages; 20 cm

Summary

Fog is a fresh new translation of the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno's Niebla, first published in 1914. An early example of modernism's challenge to the conventions of nineteenth-century realist fiction, Fog shocked critics but delighted readers with its formal experimentation and existential themes. This revolutionary novel anticipates the work of Sartre, Borges, Pirandello, Nabokov, Calvino, and Vonnegut.The novel's central character, Augusto, is a pampered, aimless young man who falls in love with Eugenia, a woman he randomly spots on the street. Augusto's absurd infatuation offers an irresistible target for the philosophical ruminations of Unamuno's characters, including Eugenia's guardian aunt and "theoretical anarchist" uncle, Augusto's comical servants, and his best friend, Victor, an aspiring writer who introduces him to a new, groundbreaking type of fiction. In a desperate moment, Augusto consults his creator about his fate, arguing with Unamuno about what it means to be "real." Even Augusto's dog, Orfeo, offers his canine point of view, reflecting on the meaning of life and delivering his master's funeral oration.Fog is a comedy, a tragic love story, a work of metafiction, and a novel of ideas. After more than a century, Unamuno's classic novel still moves us, makes us laugh, and invites us to question our assumptions about literature, relationships, and mortality.

Series Statement

Northwestern world classics

Uniform Title

• Niebla. English
• Northwestern world classics.

Alternative Title

Niebla.

Subjects

• Experimental fiction
• Unrequited love > Spain > Fiction

Genre/Form

Experimental fiction.

Note

• "Originally published in Spanish in 1914 under the title Niebla."

Call Number

JFD 17-5737

ISBN

• 9780810135369
• 0810135361

LCCN

2017015378

OCLC

959275736

Author

Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936, author.

Title

Fog : a novel / Miguel de Unamuno ; translated from the Spanish by Elena Barcia ; introduction by Alberto Manguel.

Publisher

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Northwestern world classics

Northwestern world classics.

Added Author

Barcia, Elena, translator.

Manguel, Alberto, writer of introduction.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-5737