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What if falling in love makes you question whether you exist at all?
Augusto Pérez has money, idle days, and trouble making even the smallest choice. Then he sees a young woman in the street and follows her. Eugenia Domingo del Arco gives his life a direction, but this proud piano teacher has plans of her own. His wealth cannot simply settle what happens between them.
In Mist, Miguel de Unamuno turns a comic love story into a bold inquiry into freedom, death, and identity. Augusto wonders who really directs his life. His witty friend Víctor Goti, busy writing a novel without a fixed plot, teases him about being a character. The laughter leaves an unsettling question: what makes a self real?
What you’ll discover
- An uncertain first step An umbrella and a moment of hesitation introduce a man unused to choosing.
- A woman with resolve Eugenia refuses to be owned, putting Augusto's desires and use of wealth under pressure.
- Friendship with a sharp edge Víctor Goti brings dry humor to questions that grow harder for Augusto to dismiss.
- A story without fixed rules Unamuno calls his invention a nivola, giving himself room to challenge what a novel does.
- Big doubts in intimate moments Brisk dialogue and inner speech draw you into Augusto's questions about love and existence.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this book if you like lively conversation, comic scenes with a sad edge, and stories that play with ideas about love, habit and identity.
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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A man lets a pair of eyes decide
- He invents the woman he loves
- A fallen canary opens Eugenia's door
- Eugenia has a lover and a plan
- Love spreads to every woman he sees
- A gift of love becomes an insult
- Friends tell tales of marriage and writing
- Who is real, and who is only a character
- Love, talk and lies turn life into comedy
- A story told as a nivola
Who’s who
- Augusto PérezA rich, lonely young man who wanders through life, falls in love with a pianist, and keeps wondering whether he exists at all.
- Eugenia Domingo del ArcoA proud piano teacher who wants to pay off her family mortgage, refuses to be bought, and loves a man who will not work.
- MauricioEugenia's charming, lazy boyfriend, who dreads marriage and labor and would like to be kept by a woman with his dignity intact.
- Víctor GotiAugusto's chess partner and closest friend, who jokes about everything, writes a novel made of dialogue, and gives odd advice.
- RosarioA young woman who delivers Augusto's ironing, answers his questions with calm affection, and puzzles him with her quiet loyalty.
- LiduvinaAugusto's cook, who watches his moods, speaks bluntly, and says that whether women keep their word depends on the promise.
- OrfeoThe puppy Augusto finds in the Alameda, who becomes his confidant and listens to every monologue.
- Don FermínEugenia's uncle, a mystical anarchist in theory, who speaks Esperanto and has his own ideas about almost everything.
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Niebla
by Miguel de Unamuno · 1914
Augusto follows a pair of eyes in the rain and finds love, chance and irreversible choices in a game of chess.
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What would you do if you could not decide whether to turn left or right? Augusto Pérez, rich, alone and six months an orphan, opens his umbrella at his door and decides to follow the first dog that passes.
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A man lets a pair of eyes decide
The novel opens on a drizzly morning. Augusto worries less about the rain than about spoiling the elegance of his umbrella. He cannot choose a direction, so he decides to follow a dog, and when a handsome young woman passes instead, he follows her.
As he walks, his mind runs on. He mocks a boy watching an ant and a chocolate maker who rolls dough in a shop window. He does not even notice where his feet are taking him. He ends up at her door, pays the concierge five pesetas, and learns that the woman is Eugenia, a piano teacher and an orphan.
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Unamuno, Miguel de. Mist (Nivola). Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/mist-nivola-unraveling-reality-and-identity-in-a-postmodern-spain.
Unamuno, M. de. (2026). Mist (nivola). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mist-nivola-unraveling-reality-and-identity-in-a-postmodern-spain (Original work published 1914)
Unamuno, Miguel de. Mist (Nivola). Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mist-nivola-unraveling-reality-and-identity-in-a-postmodern-spain.
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What is Mist by Unamuno about?
It follows Augusto Pérez, a rich and lonely young man who follows a pianist, falls in love with an idea of her, and finds himself drawn to almost every woman he meets, while asking who he really is.
What is a nivola?
Nivola is a word Unamuno invented so his book would not be called a novel and bound by its rules. It is built mostly from dialogue, jokes and ideas, and lets the characters talk freely.
When was Mist written?
The book appeared in 1914 in Spain. Its Spanish title is Niebla, which means fog or mist. It is a work of fiction and does not retell a true story, though it plays with the author's own ideas.
The author
Miguel de Unamuno
1864–1936 · Spanish philosopher, novelist and poet
Miguel de Unamuno was a Spanish philosopher, novelist, and essayist, a leading voice of the Generation of '98 and longtime rector of the University of Salamanca. Tragic Sense of Life, his meditation on faith, reason, and mortality, remains his most influential work.
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