by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester · RBA Coleccionables, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447301270
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«Filomeno, a mi pesar» is the coming-of-age novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, published by RBA Coleccionables in hardcover (442 pages, in Spanish).
Filomeno, a Galician with a Portuguese mother, despises his given name and changes his surnames according to the country where he lives. He studies law in Madrid, works in a bank in London, is a correspondent in Paris and from Lisbon contemplates the Spanish Civil War. His travels and loves make him mature while Europe darkens.
Premio Planeta 1988. 1993 edition in the collection «Narrativa actual. Autores de lengua española», volume 7.
For readers of Spanish fiction and coming-of-age stories with the Civil War as a backdrop.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
