The Cabin

work by Blasco Ibáñez

Also known as: “La barraca”

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La barraca, translated as The Cabin, is a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, a Spanish writer and politician. Published in 1898, it is considered one of his early regional novels, characterized by vigorous and intense realism in its depiction of life in Valencia.1

The novel is part of Blasco Ibáñez's body of work that explores the lives and struggles of people in his native region. These early works, including Flor de mayo and Cañas y barro, are noted for their dramatic force and realistic portrayal of Valencian life. Blasco Ibáñez was associated with the Generation of '98, a group of Spanish intellectuals who sought to diagnose and address the nation's perceived ills following the Spanish-American War.12

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…Mayflower, 1921), La barraca (1898; The Cabin, 1917), and Cañas y barro (1902; Reeds and Mud, 1966), is marked by a vigorous and intense realism and considerable dramatic force in the depiction of the life of Valencia. Later novels, such as La bodega (1906; The Fruit of the Vine, 1919),…
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…Mayflower, 1921), La barraca (1898; The Cabin, 1917), and Cañas y barro (1902; Reeds and Mud, 1966), is marked by a vigorous and intense realism and considerable dramatic force in the depiction of the life of Valencia. Later novels, such as La bodega (1906; The Fruit of the Vine, 1919),…
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