by Ana María Matute · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423344048
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«Luciérnagas» is the novel by Ana María Matute, published by Austral in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Barcelona during the Civil War, it follows a group of adolescents stripped of their childhood who try to survive day by day amid destruction and fear. The author explores their emotions and shows how, in the midst of barbarism, love becomes a refuge and a path toward inner peace.
It belongs to Austral's Contemporánea collection; this Spanish edition was published in 2011.
May appeal to readers of literary fiction and those seeking a story about the Spanish Civil War told from a youthful perspective.
Ana María Matute Ausejo was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War.
