num_pages: 256
description: In this extraordinary novel of life in Madrid after the Spanish Civil War, Camilo Jose Cela conveys with startling immediacy not only the brutality but also the vitality of life in the city. His style—economical but vivid—carries the reader through a series of vignettes, following Cela’s many characters through the streets and tenements and brothels and, above all, the cafés of the great beehive—la colmena—of Madrid. Both a social document of its time and place and a moving tale of human suffering—and human triumph--under a totalitarian regime, The Hive is “a brilliant and original work” (Gerald Brenan, The New York Times Book Review).
language: English
title: The Hive
titlecomplete: The Hive
characters: Camarero 4, Abuela de Elvirita, Don Obdulio Cortés López, Doña Asunción, Fidel, Miguel Contreras, Doña Ramona Bragado, Doña Teresa Corrales, Hermanos Álvarez Quintero, Alfonsito, Cojoncio Alba, Catedrático, Esperanza De Granada, Adolf Hitler, La Eulogia, Fadrique, Camarero, Byron, Cura, Cerillero, Don Fernando Cazuela, Jacinto Del Castillo, Burelos, Don Exuperio Estremera, Doña Filo Marco González, Chico, Bartolomé Anguera, Anita, Emilita, Fidel Bustamante, Estanislao Alba, Carabinero, Pablo Alonso, Duque de Alba, Joaquín Bustamante Valls, Don Ignacio Galdácano, Doña Cuadrado De Ostolaza, Diaz, Asturiano, Francisco, Gabriel, Alcalde, Doña Rosa Leclerc, Don Aniceto Alcalá Zamora, Consorcio López, Alfonso, René Clair, Chica, Escolástica, Abuelo de Julita, Visitación y Esperanza Moisés, Dependiente, Frank Capra, Amigo, Pura Bartolomé Alonso, Camarero 3, Elvira Hernández, Basureros, Asunción, Empleado, Chicas, Abuelo de Paco, Clemente De Diego, Doña Juana Entrena, Viuda De Cortés, Doña Lolita Echevarría De Cazuela, Francisco Javier, Empleada, Doña Soledad Castro De Robles, Telmo García Morrazo, Chús, Manuel Cordel Esteban, Don Jaime Arce, Alfredo Angulo Echevarría, Botones, Amigas, Amigos, Churchill, Joan Crawford, Bernabé, Angelito, Camarero 2, Estrella, Señor Flores, Doña Fructuosa, Don Leonardo Cascajo, Ciego, Don Ventura Aguado Despujols, Doña Carmen, Eudosia, Marquês Casa Peña Zurana, Dorita, Ataúlfo, Ventura Aguado Sans, Chóferes, Julio García Morrazo, Cervantes, Ciclista, Celestino, Doncella, Friedrich Nietzsche
genres: Spanish Literature, 20th Century, Spain, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Novels, Drama, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 8596
places: Spain
series: Caminos inciertos
publisher: The Noonday Press