by Pío Baroja · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483106358
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«Las noches del Buen Retiro» is the novel by Pío Baroja published by Maxi-Tusquets in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Set in 19th-century Madrid, it recreates the gardens of the Buen Retiro, where bohemians, politicians, businessmen and underworld figures cross paths. Jaime Thierry, a young aspiring writer and Baroja's alter ego, clashes with the social conventions that hinder his relationships with women. A nostalgic and ironic portrait of the city and youth.
The novel opens the series «La juventud perdida». This edition, published in 1999, belongs to the Fábula collection (no. 114).
For readers interested in classic Spanish fiction and the Generation of '98.
Pío Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. His brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen who was a goldsmith, was a well-known anthropologist.
