by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio · Club Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422623441
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«El Jarama» is the novel by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, published by Club Círculo de Lectores in hardback (336 pages, in Spanish).
Eleven friends from Madrid spend an August Sunday on the banks of the Jarama river. While they swim, cook paellas and chat, the customers of a nearby tavern drink, argue and play cards. Over sixteen hours, the day unfolds amid conversations and flirtations, closing with an unexpected event.
The work won the Nadal Prize in 1955 and the Critics' Prize for Castilian Narrative in 1957. This 1987 edition belongs to the collection Maestros de la narrativa hispánica.
A work recommended for readers interested in twentieth-century Spanish narrative and in classics of Castilian literature.
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio was a Spanish writer. In 2004 he was awarded the Premio Cervantes for his literary oeuvre.
