Cover: Castilian Landscape by Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1945) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Joaquín Monegro, a gloomy doctor, nurses a lifelong hatred for his friend Abel Sánchez, a charming painter who wins everything he touches. Unamuno retells the story of Cain and Abel in a modern city and gives the envious brother a diary to speak in.