Abel Sánchez vs Discipline and Punish: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Abel Sánchez Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno · 1917 ★★★★☆ 3.8 100 pages · ≈ 1 h 51 m · Demanding

Delve into three of Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno's most haunting parables. This essential Unamuno reader begins with the full-length novel Abel Sanchez, a modern retelling of the story of Cain and Abel. Also…

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Cover of Discipline and Punish Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault · 1975 ★★★★☆ 4.1 333 pages · ≈ 6 h 10 m · Challenging
“On 2 March 1757 Damiens the regicide condemmed 'to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris', where he was to be 'taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing but a a shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds'; then, 'in the said cart, to the place de Greve, where, on a scaffold that will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts, arms,”

English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison"

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Abel SánchezDiscipline and Punish
Goodreads 3.8 (2860) —
Hardcover 3.5 (10) 4.2 (62)
Apple Books — 4.0 (24)

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Abel SánchezDiscipline and Punish
Ratings 2860 62
Editions 108 30
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 1500 —
Reading it now 71 —
Written reviews 267 —
Wikipedia attention 19 6210
Pages 100 333

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