Books set in Extremadura, Spain

Spain’s poor southwest: farmhands bound to a great estate in the 1960s, and a peasant from near Badajoz awaiting execution.

1 place, 2 books,

Extremadura

1981
The Holy Innocents Les Saints Innocents
Miguel Delibes · novel · 1981
1960s: a family of farmhands serves the masters of an Extremadura estate.
1942
The Family of Pascual Duarte La Famille de Pascal Duarte
Camilo José Cela · novel · 1942
A condemned peasant from a village near Badajoz tells his life of violence.

Updated October 2026