by Juan Marse · Planeta Pub Corp · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408044024
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«El amante bilingüe» is the novel by writer Juan Marsé, published by Planeta in hardback (224 pages, in Spanish).
After being abandoned by his wife, Norma, Faneca becomes obsessed with her and decides to adopt a marginal and provocative identity to win her back and avenge his pride against the Catalan bourgeoisie. The novel, set in Barcelona, blends humor, resentment, and social criticism to explore identity, love, and class differences.
The novel originally appeared in 1990 and won the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize. This edition was published in 2003.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction who appreciate a mix of humor and social criticism.
Juan Marsé Carbó was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, "the Spanish-language equivalent" to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
