by Andrea Camilleri · Ediciones Destino · tapa dura · ISBN 9788423343126
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«El guardabarrera» is the novel by Andrea Camilleri, published by Ediciones Destino in hardback (144 pages, in Spanish).
The gatekeeper Nino Zarcuto and his wife Minica live happily in a yellow cottage by the sea, expecting a child. In Sicily in 1942, an act of mockery against a fascist anthem unleashes the violence that devastates their life; Minica, determined to be a mother, believes she can turn into a tree like Daphne and bear fruit. A fable about love in the face of war.
It is part of the Áncora & Delfín collection and of Camilleri's mythical trilogy, along with El beso de la sirena and La joven del cascabel.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and literary fables with a historical backdrop.
Andrea Calogero Camilleri was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels.
