Filomeno, a mi pesar: memorias de un señorito descolocado (Spanish: Filomeno, to my dismay: memories of a misplaced young man) is a 1988 novel by the Spanish writer Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. It is about the life of the upper-class Galician Filomeno Freijomil, who is followed from childhood and into adulthood, simultaneously tracing Spanish and European society during the interwar era and the early Francoist period.[1][2]
| Author | Gonzalo Torrente Ballester |
|---|---|
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Editorial Planeta |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | Spain |
| Pages | 442 |
| ISBN | 8432068012 |
The book received the 1988 Premio Planeta de Novela.[3]
References
edit- ^ Cortés Ibáñez, Emilia (1995). "El paisaje en Filomeno a mi pesar, de G. Torrente Ballester". Lenguaje y textos (in Spanish). 6–7: 99–107. hdl:2183/7948.
- ^ Plata, Francisco (2014). "Un arte poética en clave narrativa: Filomeno, a mi pesar y la 'historia intelectual' de Gonzalo Torrente Ballester". Anales de la Literatura Española Contemporánea (in Spanish). 39 (1): 111+. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Ganador Premio Planeta 1988" (in Spanish). Premio Planeta. Retrieved 30 May 2024.