by Ana María Matute · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408460985
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«Primera memoria» is the novel by Ana María Matute, published by Destino in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
In the summer of 1936, young Matia spends a few days on a Mediterranean island with her grandmother and her cousin Borja. As the Spanish Civil War approaches, she discovers the contradictions of the adult world and loses part of her innocence. The novel reflects on memory, lost childhood, and the impact of war.
Originally published in 1959, it is the first installment of the «Los mercaderes» series and received the Premio Nadal that year.
For those who enjoy 20th-century Spanish classics and coming-of-age novels set during the Civil War.
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.
