The Rotten Life of Juanita Narboni
Synopsis:
Born in Tangiers to a father from Gibraltar and a mother fromAndalucia, surrounded by Sephardic Jewish friends, Juanita is a resentful spinster in a liberal, cosmopolitan city, a melting pot for different artists and cultures whose permissive environment is under threat. Juanita’s strict, resentful personality, subject to a repressive sense of morality that leads her to judge all those around her, holds back a storm of hidden desires: fascination with the movies, attraction to men, envy and jealousy of her sister, who symbolizes all that is open and modern compared to the desolation and implacable loneliness of her empty life.
Highlights
Highlights The Rotten Life of Juanita Narboni
The rediscovery of a cult novel with an astoundingly modern feel.
A cult novel. A masterpiece of 20th century Spanish literature.
Written in extraordinarily original language that preserves an invaluable linguistic legacy: Tangiers Spanish of the forties and fifties, a mixture of Sephardic, Arabic, Portuguese and Andalucian.
Technical Data
Technical data | Publishing date: 5/10/2017 ISBN: 978-84-322-3295-4 Pages: 320 Imprint: Seix Barral |
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