by Ana María Matute · Lumen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426430151
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«Caballito loco» is the children's story by Ana María Matute, published by Lumen in paperback (85 pages, in Spanish).
In the mountains lives a herd of wild horses ruled by the old and wise Yar. The youngest of his offspring, born under a full moon, has something strange in his gaze; the others reject him and end up calling him Caballito Loco. Alone, the colt finds a boy as lonely as himself and, despite his mother's advice, only wants to be his friend.
It was published in 1982 within the Grandes autores collection by Lumen (no. 115), in Barcelona; it is cataloged as children's and young adult literature.
A story for young readers, also suitable for reading aloud to the little ones, with a tale about friendship and acceptance.
Ana María Matute Ausejo was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War.
