Beschreibung:
Carmen Laforet was born in Barcelona in 1921 and had a profound impact on Spanish narrative literature. Her first novel, Nada, was awarded the first Premio Nadal in 1944, and is considered one of the most important works of post-Civil War Spain. She also wrote a collection of short stories and five other novels, including La mujer nueva, which won the National Prize for Literature in 1955, and Al doblar la esquina, which came out in 2004, the year of her death.
"Originally published in Spanish by Ediciones Destino, S.A., Barcelona, in 1945"--T.p. verso.