Papeles arrugados

Author: Diego Arboleda
- Fiction
- Anaya
- ISBN: 9788467828870
- Release Date: 10-30-2015
-Reviewed by: Teresa Mlawer

An original story, divided in chapters, full of humor, and very well written that will keep readers entertained. The story takes place during the time of the Spanish Civil War, and it centers around a family: a mother, who likes to paint; a father who is a writer; their two children, Jaime and Greta, and a peculiar maternal grandfather who owns a spa up in the mountains, and dislikes his son-in-law because he does not feel that being a writer is a real profession and certainly not the best way to make a living.

The title of the book derives from the fact that the father writes his stories in an old Remington typewriter (don’t forget the story takes place in 1937). Every time that he writes something that he does not like he pulls the paper from the typewriter, crumbles it in his hand and throws it to the floor, while his daughter secretly picks it up.

There are a lot of twists, unexpected events, and an array of characters that appear throughout the story, especially when the mother decides to take the children to the spa in order to keep them safe from the uncertainty of the war.

A very entertaining and easy to read story that will captivate the interest of readers, young and not so young alike.

I truly enjoyed the story.   

 

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