by Carmen Martín Gaite · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478442010
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«Caperucita en Manhattan» is the young adult novel by Carmen Martín Gaite, published by Siruela in paperback (205 pages, in Spanish).
Sara Allen, a ten-year-old girl from Brooklyn, dreams of crossing to Manhattan alone to take a strawberry tart to her grandmother, a former music-hall singer. In this modern version of the tale, the wolf is mister Woolf, a millionaire pastry chef, and Miss Lunatic, who inhabits the Statue of Liberty, offers Sara an elixir to overcome her fears.
The work was originally published in 1990 and is number 3 in the Las Tres Edades collection from Siruela.
Recommended for young readers aged 10 to 12, interested in updated versions of classic tales.
Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
