Cuentos valencianos

by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

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Genres: Spanish Literature

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1896

About the author

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (January 29, 1867 – January 28, 1928) was a Spanish realist novelist writing in Spanish, a screenwriter and occasional film director.

Born in Valencia, today he is best known in the English-speaking world for his World War I novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He is also known for his political activities.

He finished studying law, but hardly practised. He divided his time between politics, literature. He was a fan of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

His life, it can be said, tells a more interesting story than his novels. He was a militant Republican partisan in his youth and founded a newspaper, El Pueblo (translated as either The Town or The People) in his hometown. The newspaper aroused so much controversy that it was brought to court many times and censored. He made many enemies and was shot and almost killed in one dispute. The bullet was caught in the clasp of his belt. He had several stormy love affairs.

He volunteered as the proofreader for the novel Noli Me Tangere, in which the Filipino patriot José Rizal expressed his contempt of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. He traveled to Argentina in 1909 where two new cities, Nueva Valencia and Cervantes, were created. He gave conferences on historical events and Spanish literature. Tired and disgusted with government failures and inaction, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez moved to Paris, France at the beginning of World War I.

He was a supporter of the Allies in World War I.

He died in Menton, France at the age of 61.

Reviews

[María · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relatos cortos, frescos, intensos, perfectos para pasar un buen rato en la playa, en una terraza o en el sofá de casa.
Me gustaban las novelas valencianas de este escritor y los cuentos no han sido menos. Magistral es la pluma de Blasco Ibáñez a la hora de presentarnos personajes, pasionales y auténticos todos ellos, y también su poder para trasladarnos a escenarios tan variados de la Comunidad valenciana. Cómo se nota lo bien que conocía su tierra y sus gentes.

[elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cuando leo a Vicente Blasco Ibáñez estoy en casa, la atmósfera de sus narraciones, en este caso relatos, es la que me acompaña cada día. A pesar de esta sensación tan placentera, sus líneas me inundan en ocasiones de nostalgia por tradiciones y fragmentos de cultura que me gustaría que siguieran vigentes, como si el tiempo hubiese difuminado parte de la pureza y la esencia de la terreta y sus costumbres.

[Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

He leído un ejemplar de la editorial Alianza, con una preciosa ilustración de un cuadro de otro ilustre valenciano, Joaquín Sorolla y sus "Pescadoras valencianas" de 1915. Aunque esa colección de obras de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez de la editorial Plaza y Janes es de las más conocidas en Valencia y aún la puedes encontrar en internet, librerías de segunda mano y ferias de libros antiguos y de ocasión.
Son relatos escritos para el diario El Pueblo, y posteriormente recopilados, que cuentan la historia de supervivencia de hombres, mujeres y niños en tiempos difíciles. Unos cuentos son más costumbristas y son perfectos para conocer la Valencia de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, sus campos de naranjos, sus arrozales y la vida de los labradores que trabajaban en ellos, los caminos junto a las acequias, los puestos del Mercado Central y una ciudad de Valencia que miraba por encima del hombro a esas gentes que venían de la huerta. Historias de "gentes rudas", fiestas del pueblo, amores, banquetes donde lucir las mejores galas, lágrimas, anhelos y pasiones en tiempos de hambre y miseria, en las que Vicente Blasco Ibáñez es un cronista honesto, sincero y a veces un poco burlón, pero que no puede disimular su cercanía, solidaridad y ternura hacia las personas más desfavorecidas.
Otros cuentos son leyendas o fábulas valencianas surgidas en los arrozales y relatadas en las tabernas donde no falta la picaresca , y "el ingenio y la gracia" valenciana.
El tiempo ha pasado, las cosas han cambiado, pero algo queda.

[John Fields · Rating 1 out of 5]

Perdida de tiempo

[Murinius · Rating 1 out of 5]

Found this book proofreading texts for Project Gutenberg. Too macho for me, but likely ideal for its target audience.

[Peeter Talvistu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Suhteliselt keskpärane. Pole erilist värvi ja lood ise pole eriti originaalsed.