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The Carnivorous Lamb
by Agustin Gomez-Arcos (tr David R Godine)

Publisher: Gay Men's Press
London, UK

Year


1986 FIRST UK ED       French original: 1975
Cover / size: softcover / 13cm * 19.7 cm

Dustjacket?   no

ISBN: 0854490191

Rating explanation

G
Arbery Ref:   000088


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Condition: Used - as new

Cover discoloured, slight foxing, but otherwise untouched.



Plot / Content:

"In a shuttered house in post-Civil War Spain, where ghosts of past rebellion and preseent defeat taint the air, Ignacio is born, the carnivorous lamb of the title. His father stays locked in his study, his mother refuses to acknowledge his existence. Only his brother Antonio is real - teacher, protector and eventual lover. Through this story of one family's suffocation under an intolerable regime, Agustin Gomez-Arcos presents an incisive, savagely funny and desperate vision of Franco's Spain." (from the cover)



Background / Biography:

Winner of the Prix Hermès, 1975



Reviews:

"A carnal poem, frank, provocative, triumphant ... and a dirge for Spain" - Le Monde (from the cover)

"Extraordinary, beautifully constructed. Erotic tension builds on every page, exciting and terrifying, dazzling and confusing. Agustin Gomez-Arcos extends and deepens his sexual themes until we realise that the entire bizarre tale is a metaphor for the future of Spain." - San Francisco Chronicle (from the cover)








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