by Ana María Matute · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423343614
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La trampa is a novel by Ana María Matute, which represents the culmination of the trilogy 'Los mercaderes', which began with 'Primera memoria' (Nadal Prize 1960) and continued with 'Los soldados lloran de noche'. Although it shares some characters with the previous novels, 'La trampa' is an autonomous work that explores Matute's singular narrative universe. The plot unfolds around the preparations for a party to celebrate a centenary, articulated through the monologues of four protagonists who are torn between family interests, the search for identity, love, fear of loneliness, the desire for revenge and the acceptance of reality. A whirlwind of secrets from the past illuminates the present with great intensity.
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.
