The Back Room
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Book Overview
Winner of Spain's National Prize for Literature In the middle of the night, a woman awakens to find a stranger in her bedroom. Though she cannot determine who he is--or, indeed, whether he is even real at all and not just an extension of her dreams or her writing--she is drawn into a conversation with her unexpected guest. What she tells him becomes the story of a woman coming of age in the repressive Spain of the Franco era. In The...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0872863719
ISBN13:9780872863712
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:City Lights Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.61 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 7.2"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Best literature you will ever read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
If you are interested in the process of writing a book, and at the same time learn about the life in Spain during the 20th century this is your book.
A balance of Borges and Paglia
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I read this in the original Spanish as an undergrad at Gettysburg College (in a class taught by a superb professor). It is a mix of the surreal, of meta-literary constructs and a feminist manifesto on the search for gynocentricity (and the Male obfuscation of this search). Be prepared to read and re-read this work. It doesn't allow an easy approach to the narrative but it is worth the effort.
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