{"product_id":"mist","title":"Mist","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eA towering figure of political, philosophical, and literary controversy, Miguel de Unamuno was the undisputed intellectual leader of the brilliant Generation of 1898 that ushered in a second golden age of Spanish culture. In the vast and varied body of his work, none conveys his intellectual legacy more effectively than \u003ci\u003eMist, \u003c\/i\u003ea monument of the philosophical novel and a masterpiece of modern experimental fiction.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Dispensing with the conventions of action, time and place, and analysis of character, \u003ci\u003eMist\u003c\/i\u003e proceeds entirely on the strength of dialogue that reveals the struggles of what Unamuno called his \"agonists.\" These include Augusto Perez, the pampered son of a recently deceased mother; the deceitful, scheming Eugenia, whom Augusto obsessively idealizes; and Augusto's dog Orfeo, who gives a funeral oration upon his master's death. \u003ci\u003eMist\u003c\/i\u003e even includes a chapter that explains Unamuno's theory of the antinovel.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Anticipating later writers such as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre, Unamuno exploited fiction as a vehicle for the exploration of philosophical themes. First published in 1914, \u003ci\u003eMist\u003c\/i\u003e exemplified a new kind of novel with which Unamuno aimed to shatter fiction's conventional illusions of reality. It is an antinovel that treats its fictionality ironically. This historic reissue includes a foreword by Theodore Ziolkowski.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Miguel de Unamuno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614339129724,"sku":"9780252068942","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780252068942_a6fe9fe4-4631-4fe3-a6c0-9648fa301b5c.jpg?v=1726044632","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/mist","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}