by Juan Marsé · Círculo de Lectores. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422616498
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«Sí te dicen que caí» is the novel by Juan Marsé, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (357 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in postwar Barcelona and portrays a group of boys seeking to escape misery and disillusionment through games and imaginary tales. The narrative, fragmentary and with interweaving voices, explores memory, the loss of childhood, and resistance against oppression.
The novel was originally published in 1973; this Círculo de Lectores edition is from 1983. ISBN 9788422616498.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and admirers of Juan Marsé, this novel with its fragmentary structure demands attentive reading.
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.
