by Jesús Torbado · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401460067
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«Las corrupciones» is the novel by Jesús Torbado published in 1975 by Plaza & Janés in paperback (314 pages, in Spanish).
The novel addresses the orphanhood of young Spaniards born after the Civil War, a generation that did not live through the conflict but suffered its consequences. Its protagonist travels through Europe while losing faith in God, in men, and in himself, on a journey of disillusionment that calls his identity into question.
Winner of the 1965 Alfaguara Prize and number 6 in the Manantial Collection from Plaza & Janés.
For readers of Spanish fiction seeking a novel about the postwar period and generational disenchantment.
Jesús Torbado was a Spanish writer, journalist and traveler. He was born in León and studied journalism in Madrid. He won the 1965 Premio Alfaguara for his novel Las corrupciones. In 1976, he won the Premio Planeta for En el día de hoy, an alternate history about the Spanish Civil War. In 1993, he won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for El peregrino.
