by William Maxwell · Libros del Asteroide · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493501822
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«Vinieron como golondrinas» is the novel by William Maxwell, published by Libros del Asteroide in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
Bunny, aged eight, adores his mother; Robert wants to protect her when flu ravages their Midwestern town; and James, the father, considers her the center of the home. Maxwell portrays an American middle-class family in the 1920s and the needs for love and understanding of its members.
Number 12 in the Libros del Asteroide collection. Translated by Gabriela Bustelo, with a foreword by Edmundo Paz Soldán and original title They Came Like Swallows.
For adults and young people aged 15 and over with an interest in literary fiction and family-themed novels.
William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975. An editor devoted to his writers, Maxwell became a mentor and confidant to many authors.
