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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Born

in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

June 13, 1910

Died

January 27, 1999

Website

http://www.gonzalotorrenteballester.es/

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Miguel de Cervantes, Marcel Proust, Ortega y Gasset, Miguel de Unamuno ...more

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Although primarily a novelist, he also published journalism, essays, and plays. His career as a writer began in Oviedo, but developed largely in Madrid.

After moving around frequently in the later 1920s and early 1930s, including a period in Paris, he returned to Spain and linked himself to Franco's Falange party in order to save his own life and that of his family. His first novel, Javier Mariño, appeared in 1943, and he continued to publish novels almost until his death, receiving major prizes for some of them.

Despite his affiliation to the Falangists, Torrente Ballester always promoted relatively leftist ideas, and from 1939, when he returned to Santiago to take up a university post, he increasingly distanced himself from the party. He jo ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 5,661 ratings · 465 reviews · 112 distinct works • Similar authors

	Crónica del rey pasmado 3.66 avg rating — 1,467 ratings — published 1989 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El señor llega (Los gozos y las sombras, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 1957 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Filomeno, a mi pesar: memorias de un señorito descolocado 4.09 avg rating — 509 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La saga/fuga de J. B. 4.12 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 1972 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Donde da la vuelta el aire (Los gozos y las sombras, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 413 ratings — published 1960 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los gozos y las sombras 4.47 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 1962 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Pascua triste (Los gozos y las sombras, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 1962 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Juan 3.91 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1963 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La muerte del decano 3.34 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Isla de los Jacintos Cortados 3.69 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1980 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (?)

“La peor soledad que hay es darse cuenta de que la gente es idiota”
― Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

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“Lo que cuentan no son los actos, sino los motivos, no las palabras, sino los sentimientos.”
― Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, El señor llega

tags: actos, palabras, sentimientos

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“Ni el pasado existe ni el futuro. Todo es presente.”
― Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

tags: futuro, pasado

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Club de Lectura Bimestral Clásicos} 7ª Lectura (Noviembre-Diciembre)'19

(Ranking de Autores que quedaron en los segundos puestos )

Irène Némirovsky

5 votes, 45.5%

Jane Austen

3 votes, 27.3%

Rosa Chacel

1 vote, 9.1%

Oscar Wilde

1 vote, 9.1%

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

1 vote, 9.1%

Alexandre Dumas

0 votes, 0.0%

Juan Marsé

0 votes, 0.0%

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