by Manuel Rivas · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420478524
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«¿Qué me quieres, amor?» is a book of sixteen short stories by Manuel Rivas, published by Alfaguara in paperback (216 pages, in Spanish).
The stories portray everyday life and emotional bonds, with characters such as a lingerie salesman, a saxophonist, a young man in love, or a writer trapped by a Vermeer painting. It includes «La lengua de las mariposas», the friendship between a boy and his teacher broken by the violence of 1936, adapted into film.
The book, published in 1999, was awarded the Premio Torrente Ballester and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and short stories, also for those who know the film «La lengua de las mariposas».
Manuel Rivas Barrós is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
