by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423307869
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«El Jarama» is the realist novel by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback (365 pages, in Spanish).
One August Sunday, eleven friends from Madrid spend the day on the banks of the Jarama river, swimming, cooking paellas and chatting. Meanwhile, the regulars at Mauricio's tavern drink, argue and play cards. For sixteen hours, the threat of Monday hangs over the outing until an unexpected event changes everything.
It won the Nadal Prize in 1955 and the Critics' Prize for Castilian Narrative in 1957. Number 121 in the Áncora y Delfín collection.
For readers of twentieth-century Spanish fiction and contemporary classics, as well as for those studying the Generation of '50.
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio was a Spanish writer. In 2004 he was awarded the Premio Cervantes for his literary oeuvre.
