by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423326211
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«El Jarama» is the novel by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, published by Austral in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Eleven Madrid friends spend a hot August Sunday on the banks of the Jarama river. Over sixteen hours, the day unfolds with swims, meals, conversations and romantic flirtations, while the imminence of Monday makes itself felt. The day ends with an unexpected event that charges the story with poetry and grandeur.
The work was awarded the Premio Nadal in 1955; this Austral edition belongs to the Contemporánea collection.
For readers of literary fiction, Spanish narrative and twentieth-century contemporary classics.
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio was a Spanish writer. In 2004 he was awarded the Premio Cervantes for his literary oeuvre.
