▁influence ▁in ▁Argentina ▁and ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁his ▁novel ▁El ▁Mal ▁Meta f is ico ▁was ▁critic ised ▁for ▁the ▁highly ▁s tere ot yp ical ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Jewish ▁characters . ▁However , ▁despite ▁public ly ▁end ors ing ▁versions ▁of ▁fasc ism ▁he ▁always ▁stopped ▁short ▁of ▁full ▁fasc ism ▁in ▁his ▁writing ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁inn ate ▁conserv at ism ▁of ▁his ▁traditional ism ▁and ▁his ▁main ▁political ▁influ ences ▁were ▁fellow ▁ult ra - trad itional ists ▁Charles ▁Ma urr as ▁and ▁Maurice ▁Bar rès . ▁Following ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁Juan ▁Per ón ▁as ▁President ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁G ál vez ▁became ▁a ▁leading ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁str and ▁of ▁the ▁national ist ▁movement ▁that ▁enthus iast ically ▁supported ▁the ▁new ▁regime . ▁ ▁Writing ▁ ▁G ál vez ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁writer ▁whose ▁works ▁covered ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁styles ▁and ▁gen res . ▁As ▁a ▁novel ist ▁his ▁works ▁included ▁La ▁som bra ▁del ▁convent o , ▁El ▁c ánt ico ▁esp irit ual , ▁Mi ér col es ▁Santo , ▁La ▁trag edia ▁de ▁un ▁hombre ▁fuer te , ▁La ▁no che ▁to ca ▁a ▁su ▁fin ▁y ▁C aut iver io , ▁La ▁muerte ▁en ▁las ▁call es ▁( 1 9 4 9 ), ▁Nach a ▁Reg ules ▁( 1 9 1 9 ) ▁and ▁Historia ▁de ▁ar rab al ▁( 1 9 2 3 ), ▁the ▁latter ▁two ▁works ▁prov ing ▁his ▁most ▁widely