by Elvira Lindo · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420441924
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«El otro barrio» is the novel by Elvira Lindo, published by Alfaguara in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
The story follows Ramón Fortuna, a fifteen-year-old teenager growing up in a humble Madrid neighbourhood surrounded by women; an unexpected and violent twist of fate upends his life just as he begins to glimpse his future. The novel portrays the atmosphere of the urban periphery with the author's close, realistic style.
The edition belongs to the Alfaguara Bolsillo collection, number 149, and was published in 1999.
Suitable reading for young people and adults interested in contemporary Spanish narrative and in coming-of-age stories set in marginal neighbourhoods.
Spanish writer, screenwriter and journalist, author of the children's series Manolito Gafotas and of adult novels such as 'A corazón abierto'. She won the Spanish National Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature in 1998.
