Las orejas del niño Raúl

by Camilo José Cela

Raul, a young boy depressed about the large size of his ears, becomes obsessed with measuring them to see if one is bigger than the other

28 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Camilo José Cela Trulock was a Spaniard writer from Galicia. Prolific author (as a novelist, journalist, essayist, literary magazine editor, lecturer ...), he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy for 45 years and won, among others, the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature in 1987, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1989 ("for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability.") and the Cervantes Prize in 1995.

In 1996 King Juan Carlos I granted him, for his literary merits, the title Marquis of Iria Flavia.

His son, Camilo José Cela Conde is also a writer.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilo_J...

Reviews

[BibliofiliaFull · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delicioso el manejo del lenguaje de Camilo José Cela, como todo lo que le he leído.