by Manuel Rivas · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420423357
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«¿Qué me quieres, amor?» is the short story collection by Manuel Rivas, published by Alfaguara in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together sixteen stories about love, memory and everyday life, written with tenderness and humour. A travelling salesman, a writer fascinated by a Vermeer painting and a saxophone player are among the protagonists. It includes «La lengua de las mariposas», a story about the friendship between a boy and his teacher in 1936, adapted for film.
This work belongs to the Hispánica collection and is translated into Spanish by Dolores Vilavedra. The book won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa and the Premio Torrente Ballester.
For readers aged 14 and over interested in contemporary short fiction and Spanish narrative with a historical backdrop.
Manuel Rivas Barrós is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
