by María Gripe · Editorial Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420432106
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«Elvis Karlsson» is the young adult novel by María Gripe, published by Editorial Alfaguara in paperback (152 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Elvis Karlsson, a boy seeking his place in an environment that keeps pigeonholing him. Between family and school life, Elvis tries to build himself and learn to stay true to his own decisions. The work deals with individuality and self-acceptance, and shows how a child character can assert his own way of being.
First instalment of María Gripe's «Elvis» series, published in the Juvenil Alfaguara collection (no. 18), translated by Leopoldo Rodríguez and illustrated by Harald Gripe.
A suitable read for young readers interested in stories about childhood and characters who defend their own personality.
Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter, was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books. For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974.
