by Ana María Matute · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496336438
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«La oveja negra» is the young adult story by Ana María Matute, published by Oxford University Press España in paperback (88 pages, in Spanish).
A girl bound to the forest clashes with her family, who consider her disobedient. After falling ill, she runs away with two boys named Cain and Abel in search of Tombuctú, a rag doll her dog destroyed. The journey takes her through a world of fake theatres, gypsies, shacks and soldiers, where the dreamlike blends with reality.
Published in the Planeta & Oxford (Nautilus) collection. Recommended reading age from 14 years.
For young people aged 14 and over and for school reading of Spanish Language and Literature in Secondary education.
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.
