Christ Versus Arizona
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| Author | Camilo José Cela |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cristo versus Arizona |
| Translator | Martin Sokolinsky |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Seix Barral |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | Spain |
Published in English | 2007 |
| Pages | 238 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Christ Versus Arizona (Spanish: Cristo versus Arizona) is a 1988 Western novel by the Spanish writer Camilo José Cela.[1]
Plot
[edit | edit source]The book is set in the American Old West during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881. It consists of a monologue in one long sentence, inside the head of Wendell Liverpool Espana, who is the son of a prostitute and observes the gunfight.[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Publishers Weekly wrote that the book creates "a vivid and frequently grotesque picture of the American Southwest", full of "graphic depictions of racism, murder and death". The critic called it a significant addition to Cela's work that is "not for the faint of heart".[2]
