Mazurka for Two Dead Men by Camilo José Cela

Author:Camilo José Cela [José Cela Camilo]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9780811225656
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 1983-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

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1 A colorless liqueur distilled in Galicia. —Trans.

2 Fictitious saint, patron of the male sexual organs. —C.J.C.

3 A spicy pork sausage. —Trans.

4 The easternmost city of Spanish Morocco where an uprising among army officers on July 17, 1936 signalled the start of the Spanish Civil War. —Trans.

5 Galician artist (1875–1960) best known for his portraits and studies of manners, also director of the Prado Museum. —Trans.

6 Los Figueroas Romanones—family of Spanish aristocrats and landowners. —Trans.

7 Popular festivals of a religious nature rather like a fair or carnival. —Trans.

8 Cneorum Tricoccon: a flowering shrub with small berries, widespread in Mediterranean countries. —Trans.

9 Rosalía de Castro Murquía (1837–85), Galicia’s best-known poet, wrote in both Galician and Castilian. —Trans.

10 Birthplace of C.J.C. —Trans.

11 Manuel Curros Enriquéz (1851–1908), Galician poet/journalist. —Trans.

12 Ramón Cabanillas Enriquéz (1876–1959), Galician poet. —Trans.

13 Ponson du Terrail (1829–71) French novelist and Vicomte de Bordeaux. His serialized novels—particularly Las Hazañas de Rocambole (The Exploits of Rocambole)—gained immense popularity in Spain. —Trans.

14 By Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920). Los Episodios Nacionales is in three series, comprising twenty-six volumes. —Trans.

15 Fabulous beings which guard hidden treasure. —C.J.C.

16 Poet and dramatist, born in Barcelona 1879 and died in New York 1946. En Flandes se ha puesto el Sol was awarded the Real Academia Española’s prize for historical drama. —Trans.

17 Under the command of General Fernández Silvestre, the Spanish army suffered a humiliating defeat when they were overwhelmed by Riffian tribes led by Abd-el-Krim at Annual, Morocco in 1921. For the Spanish public the defeat was as shocking as it was unexpected. —Trans.

18 Unión General de Trabajadores, a powerful socialist trade union. —Trans.

19 A Falangist hymn.

20 A Basque anthem.

21 The Republican hymn which became the Spanish National Anthem during the Second Republic. —Trans.

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