by Roberto Arlt · Axial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789688673461
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«El juguete rabioso» is Roberto Arlt's first novel, published by Axial in paperback (142 pages, in Spanish).
A novel with a strong autobiographical component: Roberto Arlt poured into it his youthful years while accompanying his ill wife in the Sierras de Córdoba and trying his luck in ventures that did not bear fruit. The story follows a young man trying to make his way in an adverse environment, caught between ambition, disillusionment, and the struggle for his dreams.
«El juguete rabioso» was originally published in 1926; this edition belongs to the Universo de Novela collection.
Suitable for readers interested in twentieth-century Argentine literature and in coming-of-age novels.
Roberto Arlt was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, and journalist.
