[Den onde lykke - og andre noveller]
Year:
1963
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Year of publication:
2023
Pages:
192
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
Sexual content:
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
The twenty-one stories that make up this book share a common theme: family and generational crises. The content reflects well the oxymoron in the Spanish title. In this sense, they can sometimes feel somewhat monotonous and repetitive.
Almost all of them end badly or signal a situation of rupture, either between couples or between parents and children. They are well written and accurately depict the tensions, sufferings, and psychology of the characters, with a direct, rather dry, and restrained style.
The result is a very pessimistic view of life and family relationships, and it also reflects profound changes in Danish society in the past century.
Author: Luis Ramoneda, Spain
Update on: Aug 2025