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London: Harvill Press, (2003).. First UK edition.. 231 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Translated from the original Spanish by Nick Caistor.
En Ronda, la infancia miserable pero prodiga de ensueños, en un palacio traditional. En Barcelona, la aolescncia y la juventud mas duras, pero igualmente cargadas de ilusiones. Manolo Reyes, el Pijoaparte, se enfrentara a su destino de xarnego al conocer a Teresa, la estudiante universitaria, hija de la burguesia catalana. La relacion entre ambos desencadena unas situaciones previsibles pero no por ello menos complejas en el ambiente de cada uno de los jovenes. Uno y otra cometen tracion contra sus correspondientes ambitos de origen.
Encerrados con un solo juguete es la historia de varios jóvenes de la pequeña clase media, vástagos de familias descalabradas por la guerra civil. Es, sobre todo, la transcripcion de la atmósfera enrarecida y mezquina en que se debaten, poseídos por la pereza y la sexualidad, y víctimas de la carencia absoluta de imaginación. El naufragio moral y la muerte repentina de una mujer, encarnación de un destino que ellos odian y maldicen, disipara, finalmente de realidad que viven.
Good condition. Spanish edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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.
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