Bird Burned Alive [Hardcover]

Agustin Gomez-Arcos (Author), Anthon Y. Cheal (Translator)

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Publication Date: December 1988

This novel is both an allegory of brutality and innocence, oppression and exploitation in Franco's Spain, and a critique of the church, sexual corruption and moral hypocrisy, focusing on the life of Paula, who hates her parents and withdraws into an obsessive fantasy world of her own creation. The author is winner of the Prix Hermes.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Chatto & Windus (December 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0701131187
ISBN-13: 978-0701131180
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,794,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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