The Mirror of Death

Miguel de Unamuno

The Mirror of Death is 27 short stories, originally published in various newspapers and magazines over two decades, which Miguel de Unamuno himself prepared for publication under one cover in 1913. Some seem to continue, expand and supplement plot lines, philosophical considerations and psychological portraits from other textual paintings of the writer, while others surprise with an unexpected theme or point of view. These are stories of life and death, reflected in each other, and therefore of reality and the afterlife, sentimentality and irony, children and those who are in their late years, love in its various manifestations. But there are also the intellectual’s reflections on politics, society, and finally the mystery of creativity. This is perhaps the most interesting guide to the unique images and ideas of the great Spanish writer and philosopher.