Carmen: A Tale of Seville
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A Basque soldier meets a Gypsy woman outside a cigarette factory in Seville, lets her go, and loses everything by degrees: rank, freedom, and the ability to imagine a life without her. Mérimée's novella is drier and crueller than the opera Bizet made of it, and its narrator is an archaeologist who keeps mistaking the story for a curiosity. Sixty plates of Spanish roads, masked men, night brawls and prison cells by Goya and Barrón y Carrillo carry the heat and menace of the tale across a century of painting.
A Basque soldier meets a Gypsy woman outside a cigarette factory in Seville, lets her go, and loses everything by degrees: rank, freedom, and the ability to imagine a life without her. Mérimée's novella is drier and crueller than the opera Bizet made of it, and its narrator is an archaeologist wh...
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Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870) was a French writer and archaeologist who served as Inspector of Historical Monuments. His works include the novellas Carmen (1845) and Colomba (1840).
Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870) was a French writer and archaeologist who served as Inspector of Historical Monuments. His works include the novellas Carmen (1845) and Colomba (1840).
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