Lizard Tails

Juan Marsé

ISBN 10: 1843430215 / ISBN 13: 9781843430216

Edité par Vintage Uk, 2003

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Titre : Lizard Tails

Éditeur : Vintage Uk

Date d'édition : 2003

Reliure : Couverture souple

Etat : Neuf

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Synopsis :

A family of Republican sympathisers are still recovering from defeat in Spain's harrowing Civil War. David has been deserted by his father, an alcoholic, political fugitive, and left alone with his pregnant mother. The fantasy world young David inhabits is fuelled by the films he sees at his local cinema and by images of war - Spitfires crashing into the sea, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima - and by the image of an RAF pilot, Captain O'Flynn, whose photograph from a magazine cover is pinned on his bedroom wall. The detachable lizards' tails which David and his friend collect become symbolic of the detachment and uncertainty so much a part of their young lives in a troubled country.

À propos de l?auteur:

Juan Marse was born in Barcelona in 1933. Following the publication of his first novel in 1960 he has gone on to become one of the most respected living authors in Spain. He has been honoured with many literary prizes, including the European Literature Prize and the Cervantes Prize.