by Tom Perrotta · Salamandra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498382297
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«Lecciones de abstinencia» is Tom Perrotta's novel, published by Salamandra in 2009 in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Ruth Ramsey, a sex education teacher at a puritanical school, sees her life disrupted when a comment in class provokes a reaction from a local evangelical church. Her confrontation with Tim Mason, her daughter's soccer coach and a reformed alcoholic, pits two visions of morality against each other. The novel addresses the controversy over abstinence and tolerance with empathy.
Novel originally published as «The Abstinence Teacher», translated by Ana María de la Fuente Rodríguez, in Salamandra's Narrativa collection.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and book clubs interested in debates on morality, faith, and public education.
Thomas R. Perrotta is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were made into Academy Award-nominated films. Perrotta co-wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film version of Little Children with Todd Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also known for his novel The Leftovers (2011), which was adapted into the critically acclaimed TV series on HBO, co-created by Perrotta and Damon Lindelof.
