by Fernán Caballero · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402091994
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«La gaviota» is the costumbrista novel by Fernán Caballero, published by Bruguera in paperback (314 pages, in Spanish).
Set in an Andalusian village, it narrates the life of Marisalada, the Seagull, a young woman with a great voice whose talent takes her to the stages of Madrid. The novel portrays the customs and tensions of 19th-century Spain, with tales, songs and proverbs from popular folklore, and addresses love, ambition and hypocrisy.
Fernán Caballero is the pseudonym of Cecilia Böhl de Faber. This edition belongs to the Libro Amigo collection and appeared in Barcelona in 1983.
For those seeking a classic of Spanish costumbrismo with a female protagonist and 19th-century Andalusian setting.
Fernán Caballero was the pseudonym of Spanish novelist Cecilia Francisca Josefa Böhl de Faber y Ruiz de Larrea. She was the daughter of German writer Johann Nikolaus Böhl von Faber and Spanish writer Frasquita Larrea. Her pen name was taken from the name of a village in the province of Ciudad Real.
