The island
Matute, Ana María, 1925-20142020
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Expelled from her convent school for kicking the prioress, and abandoned by her father when her mother dies, rebellious teenager Matia is sent to live with her domineering grandmother on the island of Mallorca. In the hot, oppressive stillness of an adolescent summer, she learns to scheme with her cousin Borja, and finds herself increasingly drawn to the strange outsider Manuel. But civil war has come to Spain, and it will teach Matia about the adult world in ways she could not foresee.
Main title:
The island / Ana María Matute ; translated by Laura Lonsdale.
Author:
Matute, Ana María, 1925-2014, authorLonsdale, Laura, translator
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2020.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
9780241374283 (pbk)
Dewey class:
863.64
LC class:
PQ6623.A89
Language:
EnglishSpanish
BRN:
2635542