by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422670278
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«Arroz y tartana» is the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (349 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Valencia at the end of the 19th century, it tells the story of doña Manuela, a widow obsessed with appearances who pawns her assets to maintain a luxurious lifestyle. While she sinks into debt with mortgages and promissory notes, she seeks good marriages for her daughters Amparito and Conchita, and disowns her humble origins, tied to a shop inherited from her father in the market square. It is a critique of social hypocrisy and the urge to appear more than one has.
Novel originally published in 1894, within the literary output of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.
Suitable for readers interested in 19th-century Spanish literature and in costumbrista portraits of Valencian society.
Valencian novelist and politician, author of La Barraca, Reeds and Mud and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a major international bestseller of his day.
