by Terenci Moix · PLAZA & JANES · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401429170
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«El peso de la paja» (Memorias I, «El cine de los sábados») is the memoir by Terenci Moix, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (416 pages).
In this first installment, Moix recalls his childhood and youth in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s, where cinema becomes a refuge and an escape route. Reality and fantasy mix as the author explores his personal and erotic identity against a society marked by censorship and taboos.
First installment of Moix's memoir trilogy, completed with El beso de Peter Pan and Extraño en el paraíso.
Readers interested in Spanish autobiographical literature, cinema as a vital experience, and Spanish society under Franco.
Terenci Moix was a Spanish writer, who wrote in the Spanish and in Catalan languages. He was the brother of poet/novelist Ana Maria Moix.
