El hombre que compró un automóvil

Synopsis of El hombre que compró un automóvil

«El hombre que compró un automóvil» is the satirical novel by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, published by Anaya in hardback (207 pages, in Spanish).

Satirical novel about the growing influence of the automobile, treated as a «ser mecánico» that helps, hinders and even kills. The narrative combines irony, caricature and hyperbole, though its conclusion is tinged with bitterness as it anticipates a chaotic future dominated by cars, a prophecy written when the automobile was in its idyllic phase.

1985 edition in the Tus Libros collection (no. 58), Satíricos series, with appendix and notes by Begoña González and Constantino Quintela and illustrations by Miguel A. Rodríguez Cerro. Original from 1932.

For young and adult readers who enjoy satire and humour in twentieth-century Spanish literature.