false 4268359 3 Don Celestino is old and bitter and afraid, an impossible man. In exile from his native Spain for more than twenty years, he lives with his daughter in Paris, but in his mind he is still fighting the Spanish Civil War. He fulminates against the daily papers; he brags about his past exploits. He has become bigoted, selfimportant, and obsessed; a bore to his fellow exiles and a tyrant to his daughter.<br><br>Don Celestino&#8217;s daughter has had enough. She decides to return to Spain, and reluctantly, helplessly, he tags along. Now he foresees a last heroic confrontation with his enemies; he wonders whether he will be worthy. Instead he encounters a new commercialized Spain that has no time for the past, much less for him. Or so it seems. Because the last act of Don Celestino&#8217;s personal drama will prove that though &#8220;there is nothing serious . . . , there is tragedy.&#8221;<br><br>One of the great characters of twentieth-century fiction, a lost soul who is, in spite of everything, the essence of whatever honor may be, Don Celestino is an unparalleled modern reincarnation of the spirit of Don Quixote and a triumph of Henry de Montherlant&#8217;s caustic and compassionate art. 4315877 10 3 1963 Chaos and Night total:10|5:1|4:6|3:3|2:0|1:0| 10 38 27 7 5 2 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1965 Fri Nov 28 12:19:13 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 12:27:35 -0800 2008 four more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 17:55:20 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 18:56:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 07:41:16 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 07:35:37 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 07:41:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 09:03:03 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 09:04:10 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 21 07:14:27 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 07:15:15 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 13:45:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 06:10:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 04 21:05:08 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 21:07:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 15:38:57 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 15:38:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 15:10:13 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 15:10:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 11:15:30 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 11:15:30 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 07:04:46 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:52:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 15:00:12 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:00:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 17:39:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 17:39:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 20:46:09 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 20:46:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 19:56:47 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 19:56:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 23:06:38 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 23:06:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 12:49:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:49:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:58:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 13:58:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 07:36:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:36:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 11 20:31:59 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:31:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4268359