by Juan Goytisolo · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422621973
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«Señas de identidad» is the novel by Juan Goytisolo, published by Planeta in hardback (379 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Álvaro Mendiola, an exiled Spanish intellectual who returns to Spain and reconstructs his past through his memories. The review of his personal history intertwines with that of his country and shapes a critique of Francoist Spain and a search for individual and collective identity.
First installment of the Álvaro Mendiola trilogy, originally published in 1966. This 1986 edition includes an introduction by Rafael Conte.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction interested in the social and political critique of Francoist Spain.
Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s. On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
