num_pages: 86
description: A tragic tale of hatred between two half-brothers, Celebration in the Northwest (Fiesta al Noroeste) is a gripping novel by Ana María Matute, one of twentieth-century Spain’s most important writers. At the center of the novel are confessions that the protagonist, Juan Medinao, makes to a local priest in the fictional Castilian town of Artámila. Those confessions reveal the volatile mixture of attraction and repulsion between Juan and his half-brother, Pablo. In describing the troubled bond between these characters, Matute creates a harrowing, modern enactment of the Biblical tale of Cain and Abel. Celebration in the Northwest is remarkable for its evocative prose, its riveting plot, and its portrayal of a character overcome by bitterness, envy, rage, and alienation.
language: English
title: Celebration in the Northwest
titlecomplete: Celebration in the Northwest (European Women Writers Series)
genres: Fiction, Spanish Literature, Female Authors, Classics, Spain
ratings_count: 212
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: Premio Café Gijón
publisher: University of Nebraska Press