Antagony
Antagony by Luis Goytisolo, published by Deep Vellum Publishing in 2022, is a substantial volume comprising 900 pages in English. This collected work presents Goytisolo’s acclaimed tetralogy, which delves into the complexities of a Catalan family against the backdrop of Barcelona and Catalonia’s social history, particularly following the Spanish Civil War in 1939. The narrative centers on Raúl Ferrer Gaminde, exploring themes of youth, education, and the interplay of personal and political identities within a middle-class family aligned with Franco and Spanish Nationalism.
Readers will encounter a rich tapestry of experiences as Antagony unfolds, characterized by a blend of humor, rebellion, and the quest for artistic expression. The book captures the nuances of emotional and social dynamics through Goytisolo’s vivid storytelling, which oscillates between modernity and historical context. With its intelligent realism and profound exploration of human experiences, this edition invites readers to reflect on the intersections of personal and collective histories within the framework of 20th-century Spain.
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This potent drama, a collected volume of Goytisolo’s famed tetralogy following a Catalan family, is widely regarded as one of the most profound inquiries ever undertaken on literary creation.
Antagony surveys the social history of Barcelona and Catalonia, primarily since the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. The work, originally published as a tetralogy and now collected into one volume, follows the youth and education of Raúl Ferrer Gaminde, son of a well-connected, middle-class Catalan family that embraces Franco and Spanish Nationalism. Its potent drama plays out through Goytisolo’s crisp, forceful presentation of youth, humor, optimism, rebellion, violence, sexual awakening, indulgence, punishment, and the realization of one’s artistic vocation. Alternately modern and historical, Antagony displays intelligent realism, emotional gravity, profane beauty, brute vulgarity, sweeping rhetorical scope, and seamless transitions through long, streaming passages of narrative and introspection.
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