Hunting the last wild man / Angela Vallvey ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vallvey, Angela, 1964-

Contributor:

Costa, Margaret Jull.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

A la caza del último hombre salvaje. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Families--Spain--Fiction.

Families.

Sisters--Fiction.

Sisters.

Spain.

Women--Fiction.

Women.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

190 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Seven Stories Press first edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Seven Stories Press, 2002.

Summary:

Candela lives in a house of women nine to be exact: six sisters, their mother, their grandmother, and their rich aunt Mary, who owns the house. Candela has had her disappointments in love and floats from one job to another before ending up at the local mortuary working as an apprentice embalmer. Her work on the late patriarch of a gypsy clan introduces her to the dead mans nephew Amador, who turns out to be both a successful businessman and a scintillating lover. In a rich style that recalls the films of Almodovar, Vallvey explores Candelas ingenious attempts to integrate the last wild man into her life.

ISBN:

1583224882

OCLC:

47081423