Abstract:L'ombra de l'eunuc, by Jaume Cabré (1996), presents the inner conflict of a former terrorist during Franco's regime, and the consequences that the unsuccessful armed struggle has in his later life. The context surrounding the writing of the book is one of discredit to the concept of armed struggle as seen in democratic Spain and, in particular, in Catalonia. In contrast with that view, the author proposes a representation of the terrorist based on the individual, at a time when terrorism was a means to fight a… Show more
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