Con la noche a cuestas

Synopsis of Con la noche a cuestas

«Con la noche a cuestas» is the novel by Spanish writer Manuel Ferrand, published by Planeta in hardcover (256 pages, in Spanish).

Two night workers, a site guard and a night watchman, meet in a residential neighborhood of Seville. An incident that grows in tension until it becomes dramatic ends up uniting them, despite their opposing temperaments. The appearance of Remedios, a young maid at an inn, contributes to a social portrait with realism and poetic touches.

This novel, winner of the Premio Planeta in 1968, was published by Planeta in the Premio Planeta collection.