by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester · PUNTO DE LECTURA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466321150
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«Off-side» is the contemporary fiction novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, published by Punto de Lectura in hardback (784 pages, in Spanish).
In the Rastro market in Madrid, a lost Goya painting appears, an unusual event that opens a tale of fraudsters, outcasts and failures. The city of Madrid, sinister and grey in the sixties, is the true protagonist. The novel portrays social suffocation under Francoism, hypocrisy and guilt, without sentimentality.
The novel was originally published in 1968 and this edition belongs to the Formato Grande editorial series from Punto de Lectura. Weight: 450 g; dimensions: 12.5 x 2.6 x 19 cm.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and followers of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, especially those interested in Franco-era Madrid.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
