by Sinclair Lewis · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432013171
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«Cárceles de mujeres» is the novel by Sinclair Lewis, published by Planeta in paperback (439 pages, in Spanish).
The story follows Ann Vickers, a social worker determined to reform the female prison system. In her work she discovers the harsh living conditions of the inmates and confronts corruption and injustice, in a social critique that denounces gender inequality, poverty, and the need for reform.
The novel is from 1933; this Spanish edition was published in 1973. Translation by Maria Luisa Martínez.
For readers of classic fiction interested in American social critique.
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).
