by Beryl Bainbridge · Edhasa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435013192
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«El joven Adolfo» is the historical novel by Beryl Bainbridge, published by Edhasa in 1988 in hardback (215 pages, in Spanish).
In 1912, a young Adolf Hitler travels to Liverpool to evade compulsory military service and meets up with his brother, who works as a street vendor. Amid misunderstandings and tragicomic situations, he ends up changing his moustache. The novel is a historical satire that imagines a little-known episode of his youth.
Translation by Rubén Masera. Originally published in English in 1978 under the title «Young Adolf». Edhasa's Ficciones collection.
For readers of historical fiction and literary satire, with an interest in imaginative takes on Hitler's youth.
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. She won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996, and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She was described in 2007 as a national treasure. In 2008, The Times named Bainbridge on their list of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945".
