by Ana María Matute · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423346745
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«Los soldados lloran de noche» is the novel by Ana María Matute, published by Austral in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
At the end of the Spanish Civil War, the children Manuel and Marta see their childhood world fall apart. The mysterious disappearance of the soldier Jeza forces them into adult reality, amid loyalties and betrayals, with past, present and future intertwined. The novel reflects with poetic tone on vital commitment and the aftermath of war.
Second novel of the trilogy «Los mercaderes», begun with «Primera memoria». Written in 1963 and winner of the Fastenrath Prize from the Royal Spanish Academy.
Work of 20th-century Spanish narrative, for readers of literary fiction interested in the aftermath of the civil war.
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.
