by William Saroyan · G.P. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401436345
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«La comedia humana» is the novel by William Saroyan, published by G.P. in paperback, in Spanish.
The story takes place in Ithaca, California, during World War II and follows the Macauley family, especially young Homer, a telegraph messenger. His deliveries of news of death, love and money confront him with the rawest side of human emotion as he becomes a man.
Work known in English as «The Human Comedy», originally published in 1943. This Spanish edition dates from 1981, with translation by Joaquín M. Senties.
For readers of American classics and coming-of-age novels; also for those seeking a humane and hopeful view of war.
William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer of Armenian descent. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, The Human Comedy.
