by Juan Marsé · Lumen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484506287
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«Rabos de lagartija» is the novel by Juan Marsé, published by Lumen in paperback (344 pages, in Spanish).
Set in postwar Barcelona, the novel follows teenager David and his dog Chispa, Inspector Galván, and Rosa Bartra, a pregnant redhead. The appearances of a fugitive libertarian father and a RAF pilot fuel David's imagination, as Marsé explores memory, guilt, identity, and redemption.
The novel won the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana in 2000 and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa in 2001.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and stories set in postwar Spain.
Juan Marsé Carbó was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, "the Spanish-language equivalent" to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
