Una obra picaresca para los tiempos en los que cualquiera (no todos, cualquiera) puede llegar donde desee.
«La novela de Gued n no puede ser m s descacharrante ni m s l cida. Cu nto dolor y cu nto gozo, cu nto humor y cu nta empat a, en una novela rebosante de personajes y ambientes perfilados con profundidad multicolor y mala baba. No miren para otro lado. Esto no se lo pueden perder . --Marta Sanz
«Gued n nos regala con su novela un travelling de la Espa a reciente con una mirada tan tierna y humilde como p cara y pol tica . --Elizabeth Duval « Qu pocas veces he tenido la raz n .
Desde muy peque a, Josefina Jarama sue a con una vida mejor y sabe que para llegar hasta ella solo hay una v a, cruda y pragm tica: el ascenso social. Este Lazarillo moderno comienza su andadura en una f brica de juguetes en Ibi, Alicante. All es la protegida del jefe y adem s trabaja junto a su madre, una comunista militante que opera en la clandestinidad y que deber huir para que no la encarcelen. La protagonista ha de elegir entonces entre su madre o sus sue os en la f brica, y elige. Con Josefina y su peripecia, el lector recorre varias d cadas de nuestra historia reciente, diversos puntos calientes del «milagro espa ol y, sobre todo, varias vidas. Animosa, descacharrante y nica, Josefina hace realidad un sue o que no se ha propuesto: llegar al coraz n. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA picaresque work for the times in which anyone (not everyone, anyone) can get where they want."Guedan's novel cannot be more hilarious or more lucid. So much pain and so much joy, so much humor and so much empathy, in a novel brimming with characters and environments outlined with multicolored depth and spitefulness. Don't look the other way. You can't miss this." Martha Sanz"With his novel Guedan gives us a road trip through recent Spain with a look as tender and humble as it is mischievous and political." Elizabeth Duval "Very rarely have I been right " From a very young age, Josefina Jarama dreams of a better life and knows that there is only one crude and pragmatic way to get there: social advancement. This modern Lazarillo begins her journey in a toy factory in Ibi, Alicante. There she's the boss' prot g and she also works with her mother, a militant communist who operates underground and who must flee to avoid imprisonment. The protagonist then must choose between her mother or her dreams in the factory, and she makes her choice. With Josefina and her adventures, the reader travels through several decades of our recent history, various hot spots of the "Spanish miracle" and, above all, several lives. Courageous, hilarious, and unique, Josefina makes a dream come true that she has not set out to do: to reach our hearts.
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