[Larra in between Love and Death] (written by Mariano José de Larra,
translation by Misaki Abe, tax-included ￥2,970, scheduled to be released in early April,
published by Hosei University Press, 46-size 456 pages ISBN:978-4-588-01154-2）

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　Entitled [Larra in between Love and Death], life and works of the first journalist in Spain, Mariano José de Larra (1809-1837) will be published in Japan for the first time, in an independently-edited・first translation book in early April. Preface and recommendation by Shigyo Sosyu, translation by Abe Misaki.
　Radical libertarian Larra (1809-1837) is said to be Spain’s first journalist. Larra, who had a great influence as a symbolic existence for intellectuals who formed patriotic philosophy and thought, including Unamuno. And he was born in war-torn Spain, which was invaded by the French Revolution・Napoleon’s army.

　 In order to improve the turbulent Spanish nation where established-conceptions were collapsing, he criticized the backwardness of politics, culture and mentality with fierce satire, and fought with a pen sword to enlighten the people. After that, he was embroiled in power struggle, lost an adulterous love, committed suicide with a pistol at the age of 27, and determined the later Spanish literature.

　What Larra aimed for, and what Spanish philosophers under his influence aimed for, are infinitely close to “Spirituality Civilization.” That is why Spanish philosophy can be a bridge to the future.――— Shigyo Sosyu

[Larra in between Love and Death] Cover

【Contents】
【Shigyo Sosyu】On behalf of the Translator
◆ Chapter I: Who is Larra? ――— Life and Works Commentary by Juan Luis Alborg (First translation)
◆ Chapter II: Journalism ―― Article selection
See you again tomorrow/Wrong early marriage/Café/Good old Spanish/Life in Madrid/New dining room/Spanish monastery/Bullfight
◆ Chapter III: Manifestation of romanticism ――― Drama [Macías] historical play in four acts
　 From Poet to Poet　In memory of the young literary Larra’s misfortune　Poetry by Jose Zorilla

Painting by Goya’s granddaughter Rosario Weiss Zorrilla.
Portrait of Larra in his final years, circa 1837