The Three Wounds of Miguel Hernández

A lyrical biography of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century which, beyond pain and death, becomes an ode to life and hope

This graphic novel recounts, in three acts, the brief yet intense life of the poet and playwright Miguel Hernández, from his childhood laboring from dawn to dusk and writing his first verses by candlelight, to his incursion into literary circles and the intricate pleasures of love, to finally enduring the scars of prisons, abandonment, and suppression of free thought under the fascist
regime.

The lyrical brilliance of Hernández intertwines with Carles Esquembre’s poetic imagery. With illustrations that foreshadow the future as premonitions and others that take us back to the poet’s early life, Esquembre skilfully plays with time and creates a unity that is more artistic than temporal.

In The Three Wounds of Miguel Hernández, originality shines vividly. Countless threads weave together images that replace words with strokes oscillating between the real and the surreal, both powerful and symbolic. Every drawing is infused with a powerful sense of suggestion, and its ending—as real as it is fictional, as unexpected as it is eloquent— closes Hernández’s life in a song of hope that will captivate and leave a lasting impression on readers.