by Ana María Matute · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422621218
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«Primera memoria» is a novel by Ana María Matute, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (193 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative follows Matia, a teenager who spends time in Mallorca with relatives while the Civil War divides the country. Through her eyes, the novel portrays the transition to maturity, the loss of innocence, and the tensions of an adult world marked by violence, silences, and secrets.
First installment of the trilogy Los mercaderes. The work won the Premio Nadal in 1959.
For readers aged 12 and up interested in Spanish narrative and coming-of-age stories set during 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.
