by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423335275
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«El Jarama» is the realist novel by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, published by Booket in paperback (368 pages, in Spanish).
A group of Madrid friends spends a hot August Sunday on the banks of the Jarama river. The narrative alternates between the shore, with swimming, paellas and chats, and Mauricio's tavern, where regulars drink and play cards. Over sixteen hours, the threat of Monday and an unexpected event mark the day.
El Jarama, originally published in 1955, won the Premio Nadal and is number 16 in the Destinolibro collection.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and twentieth-century classics, with an interest in social realism and everyday life.
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio was a Spanish writer. In 2004 he was awarded the Premio Cervantes for his literary oeuvre.
