num_pages: 166
description: Cela was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 1989, and this novel is considered by many to be his masterpiece. It is the story of an ignorant Castillian peasant and multiple murderer, and it tells of the savage impulses behind his crimes and his redeeming characteristics.
language: English
title: The Family of Pascual Duarte
titlecomplete: The Family of Pascual Duarte
characters: Madre, Engracia, Don Manuel, Pascual Duarte, Raphael (diverse fiction), Rosário, El Estirao, Lureña, Lola, Esteban Duarte, Don Corrado, Mario Ferrone
genres: Spanish Literature, 20th Century, Spain, Nobel Prize, Novels, School, Drama, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 13339
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Prémio Nobel de Literatura
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press