Download or read book Understanding Camilo José Cela written by Lucile C. Charlebois and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlebois describes Cela's childhood, participation in the Spanish Civil War, and life in Spain during and after Franco's dictatorship. She shows that in spite of the repression that beset his homeland during so much of his career, Cela successfully developed his gift for technical experimentation and creative renewal. As a result, he produced textured discourses that bristle with fragmentation and ambiguity, hilarity and profanity, iconoclasm and alienation.