El Intruso

*The Intruder* describes in detail the working conditions in the Basque iron mines in the Triano region. The novel is, perhaps, Ibanez's most political work. The protagonist is Luis Aresti, described in similar terms as the doctor Areilza, is a medical doctor at the mining hospital of Triano. Here are related the social conflicts that shaped the modern Biscay and confronted the former Carlists, who were affiliated with the recently founded nationalist party and supported by the Jesuits of Deusto, with the mining proletariat and blast furnaces which were left among the liberal bourgeoisie. El intruso*, de Blasco Ibáñez, describe en detalle las condiciones de trabajo de la minerìa vasca del hierro en las inmediaciones de Triano. La novela es, quizás, la más polìtica de Blasco Ibáñez. Protagonizada por Luis Aresti, descrito en simetrìa con el doctor Areilza, médico del Hospital minero de Triano. Aquì se relatan los conflictos sociales que conformaron la Vizcaya moderna, y que enfrentaron a los antiguos carlistas, afiliados al partido nacionalista recién fundado, y apoyados por los jesuitas de Deusto, con el proletariado minero y de los altos hornos, mientras quedaban en medio los burgueses liberales.*