''A Esmorga'' is a novel by Galician writer Eduardo Blanco Amor from 1959. It tells about a 24-hour drinking spree of a man called ''Cibrán o Castizo'' and his two friends ''Xanciño o Bocas'' and ''Aladio Milhomes'', in a town called Auria, very similar to real life town

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. Cibrán tells his story to the police, trying to show himself in the best possible light.On a bender
Mundo Andiante. The day contains celebrations, fire and a visit to a brothel. The adventure narrated in ''A Esmorga'' occurred 40 years before its

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, and was collected through a process of research of sources and documents. The book has been filmed twice: in 1977 by Gonzalo Suárez under name of ''Parranda'', and in 2014 by Ignacio Vilar as '' A Esmorga''.'A Esmorga'
Film Review - A tale of self-destruction in northern Spain, based on a classic Galician novel Hollywood Reporter. Viitattu 21.6.2015.

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20th-century Spanish novels Galician literature 1959 novels {{1950s-novel-stub