by Romain Gary · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401303142
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«La angustia del Rey Salomón» is the novel by Romain Gary, signed as Émile Ajar, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (266 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Jean Karmody, a taxi driver who shares his vehicle with other colleagues and meets Salomón Rubinstein, a wealthy elderly man who dedicates his fortune to helping older people. The work weaves a psychological portrait of the characters and their reactions to various situations, with Jewish humor and a look at love and old age.
Novel originally published in 1979 under the pseudonym Émile Ajar; this Spanish edition, translated by Noëlle Boër and Mª Victoria Cirlot, appeared in 1981 in the Novelista del Día collection.
Romain Gary, also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a Lithuanian-born French novelist, diplomat, film director, and military aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice. He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half of the 20th century.
