Why were Camilo Jose Cela's books banned?

Question

I am reading a critique of la familia de Pascual Duarte and It was banned just about 60 years ago. This also made me think of a previous thread last fall about the banning of a Saw movie in Spain. I am trying to gather my thoughts about violence and Spain after the Spanish Civil War. I am going to write my paper over this and I would really appreciate some thoughts from Spaniards themselves or historians or just general opinions.

Thanks for all opinions

Sunshinzmomm, since you are requesting opinions, I took the liberty of changing your category to "General Discussions". - Gekkosan, Apr 18, 2010

thanks ;) - sunshinzmommie, Apr 18, 2010

Answer 1

I'm sure you've already seen this article, right?

This part was very interesting:

In 1957 he was appointed a member of the Real Academia Española.

Answer 2

Yep I found this interesting!

From the late 1960s, with the publication of San Camilo 1936, Cela's work became increasingly experimental. In 1988, for example, he wrote Cristo versus Arizona (Christ versus Arizona), which tells the story of a duel in the OK Corral in a single sentence that is more than a hundred pages long.

That *is* interesting! - --Mariana--, Apr 18, 2010

And I thought the people who wrote laws had forgotten the use of short sentences and the period. - Moe, Apr 18, 2010