by Antonio Martínez Menchén · Mondadori España · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439718413
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«Una infancia perdida» is the short story collection by Antonio Martínez Menchén, published by Mondadori in paperback (132 pages, in Spanish).
The book looks at 1940s Spain through a child's eyes: hunger, political repression, and the assimilation of National-Catholic values through the education system appear as coordinates of a childhood marked by fear and scarcity.
The book was published in 1992 as the fifth volume of the Narrativa Mondadori collection; some editions use the title «Infancia perdida, una».
Antonio Martínez Menchén was a Spanish writer. He is best known for his work in children's literature. He began his career under editor Carlos Barral with the publications of Cinco Variaciones (1963) and Las Tapias (1968). He is most widely known for his children's book La espada y la rosa (1993). He was the father of poet Carlos Martínez Aguirre and brother of writer Andrés Sorel. Menchén was born in Linares, Jaén in 1930, and died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 91.
