Fireflies: Translated from Spanish by Glafyra Ennis

by Ana María Matute

Fireflies, although set in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, could readily take place in a bellicose situation anywhere in the world. It contains an expos of the chasm between generations, between rich and poor, between materialism and idealism. This novel has a socioeconomic/psychological relevance that leaves the reader pondering the consequences of war and the nugatory effects of imposing status quo values on adolescents who are in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820430153
• ISBN13: 9780820430157
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.