La ilustración en las novelas cortas de Julio Camba

The so-called short novels were edited in Spain during the first third of the twentieth century. They soon became a popular and extraordinary successful editorial model. They were published by some of more established writers in the Spanish literary landscape, but they were also used by emerging writers. One of their characteristics was that they were illustrated. These illustrations allow us to witness the text-image relationship and to see a model of editorial design. In this article, we analyze their development through two novels by the same author, but published in different collections and illustrated by various artists.RESUMENA lo largo del primer tercio del siglo XX en España se editaron las denominadas novelas cortas. En poco tiempo se convirtieron en un modelo editorial popular con un extraordinario éxito. Fueron publicadas por algunos de los escritores más consolidados en el panorama literario español, pero igualmente sirvió para los escritores emergentes. Una de sus características era que estaban ilustradas. Estas ilustraciones nos permiten comprobar la relación texto-imagen y conocer un modelo de diseño editorial. En este artículo analizamos su desarrollo a través de dos novelas del mismo autor, pero editadas en diferentes colecciones e ilustradas por diversos artistas.