by Juan Marsé · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408035671
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«El amante bilingüe» is the novel by Juan Marsé, published by Editorial Planeta in paperback (220 pages, in Spanish).
Juan Marés loses his wife, a woman from the Catalan upper bourgeoisie, and falls into destitution after the abandonment. Turned into a street musician in the low neighbourhoods of Barcelona, he devises a stratagem to win her back: adopting the identity of Faneca, a picturesque charnego. The invented character ends up imposing itself, and the mask dominates his will, his memory and his language.
Winner of the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize in 1990. Edition published in 2000.
Recommended for readers of contemporary Spanish fiction who enjoy a social satire set in Barcelona and identity games.
