# Rest Home

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1943 novel by Camilo José Cela

Not to be confused with [rest home](/source/Rest_home).

Rest Home Title page for Pabellón de reposo (1984 edition) Author Camilo José Cela Original title Pabellón de reposo Language Spanish Publisher Afrodisio Aguado Publication date 1943 Publication place Spain Published in English 1961 Pages 240

***Rest Home*** ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Pabellón de reposo*) is a 1943 novel by the Spanish writer [Camilo José Cela](/source/Camilo_Jos%C3%A9_Cela).[1][2]

## Plot

The novel is about seven severely ill people at a [tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis) [sanatorium](/source/Sanatorium). The patients barely communicate with each other, but express themselves in diaries, letters and memoirs. The book is in two parts, each containing one chapter from the perspective of each of the patients, plus an intermission in the middle and an epilogue at the end. The texts are presented as a compiled by "CJC".[3]

The story was inspired by Cela's stays at tuberculosis sanatoria in 1931 and 1942.[3]

## Reception

*Rest Home* was Cela's second novel, published to high expectations due to the success of his debut from the year before, *[The Family of Pascual Duarte](/source/The_Family_of_Pascual_Duarte)*. Before it was published as a book, *Rest Home* ran as a serial in *[El Español](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Espa%C3%B1ol_(magazine)&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Espa%C3%B1ol_(semanario))]* in 24 parts from March to August 1943. The book was banned at Spanish tuberculosis sanatoria. It was published in English translation in 1961.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kronik, John W. (1986). ["*Pabellón de reposo*: la inquietud narrativa de Camilo José Cela"](https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/pabellon-de-reposo-la-inquietud-narrativa-de-camilo-jose-cela/). *Actas del octavo Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas : celebrado en Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, del 22 al 27 de agosto de 1983* (in Spanish). Madrid: Ediciones Istmo. pp. 105–111. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** López Martínez, Maria Isabel (1992). ["La prosa en *Pabellón de reposo* de Cela"](https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=58756). *Anuario de estudios filológicos*. **15**: 181–192. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0210-8178](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0210-8178). Retrieved 19 July 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_3-2) Míguez, María (30 August 2010). ["'Pabellón de reposo', el amargo destino del tuberculoso"](https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/08/30/galicia/1283185427.html). *[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))* (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2024.

v t e Camilo José Cela Novels The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942) Rest Home (1943) The Hive (1950) San Camilo, 1936 (1969) Mazurka for Two Dead Men (1983) Christ Versus Arizona (1988) Other works Journey to the Alcarria (1948 travel book) Devil's Roundup (1952 screenplay) Adaptations Pascual Duarte (1976 film) La colmena (1982 film) Miscellaneous Alfaguara Marquess of Iria Flavia Papeles de Son Armadans

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