Intertextuality between Umbral’s Mortal y Rosa and Cela’s Mrs. Caldwell Habla con su Hijo

This article deals with the links between two main novels of Spanish last decades: Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo by Camilo José Cela and Mortal y Rosa by Francisco Umbral. The main issues for discussion will be genre, style, plot, author′s aims and personal friendship between both novelists.