This edition has been designed to help students approach the original Spanish text through an introductory essay, vocabulary and cultural notes, and study questions. All material is in Spanish, and complete in one volume.Unamunoâ s thought-provoking 1931 novella of a village priest who remains devoted to his people while he struggles with religious disillusionment touches on Spanish tradition as well as existential and religious philosophy. Other volumes in the Focus Student Editions series include:

Antonio Sobejano-Morán is professor of Spanish at SUNY-Binghamton University since 1986. He has published extensively on twentieth-century Spanish literature and theater and has taught language and literature courses at many levels. He has also served as AP table leader in Spanish and Latin American Literature for ETS. Paola Bianco has taught at Wilkes University since 1996. Dr. Bianco served as an Intermediate Italian Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as the Study Abroad Program Coordinator and Assistant Director at the Lorenzo deâ Medici Institute in Florence. She has published books and articles on poetry, literature, Italian culture and Hispanic women writers.