by Carmen Martín Gaite · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478444069
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«Caperucita en Manhattan» is the young adult novel by Carmen Martín Gaite, published by Siruela in paperback (264 pages, in Spanish).
Sara Allen, a ten-year-old girl living in Brooklyn, longs to take a strawberry cake alone to Manhattan for her grandmother, a former music-hall singer. The wolf is Mr Woolf, a millionaire pastry chef who lives in a skyscraper shaped like a cake; Miss Lunatic, a beggar hidden in the Statue of Liberty, goes out at night to help those in need.
Originally published in 1990, it is number 1 in the Escolar de Literatura collection; the action takes place between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Recommended for readers aged 10 and up, it is a common reading in schools.
Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
