by Ana María Matute · ANAYA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467860870
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«El polizón del Ulises» is the children's and young adult novel by Ana María Matute, published by Anaya Infantil y Juvenil in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
Three unmarried sisters, Etelvina, Leocadia and Manuelita, find an abandoned boy in front of their house and decide to adopt him as Marco Amado Manuel, though everyone calls him Jujú. Each sister tries to teach him what she considers essential for life, but Jujú prefers the attic, turned into his imaginary ship, the Ulises, where a dove and a little dog keep him company. When a pursued sailor hides as a stowaway in that refuge, Jujú must choose between fear and help.
It belongs to the Literatura Juvenil collection, Clásicos Modernos series by Anaya. Paperback edition of 128 pages; the original work was published in 1978 and this edition dates from 2014.
Recommended for young readers aged 12 and over who are approaching contemporary classics of Spanish literature.
Ana María Matute Ausejo was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War.
