A The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui (Paperback)

Paperback. This is the first English translation of The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui, a picaresque novel in which the hero, a magical little boy, goes in search not of his fortune but of knowledge, growing both wiser and possibly sadder in the process. These are the adventures of a magical little boy which will appeal to both children and adults. AUTHOR: Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio, the son of a Spanish father and an Italian mother, was born in Rome in 1927. He is one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, and yet his reputation is based largely on two novels: his first book, The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui, (1951) and The Jarama (1956), which won the Spanish National Critics' Prize. One is a children's fantasy for adults, the other a minute dissection of one tiny chunk of reality.Since their publication, both have acquired the status of classics in Spain: they have both been reprinted dozens of times and sparked a vast amount of literary criticism. A picaresque novel in which the hero, a magical little boy, goes in search not of his fortune,but of knowledge,growing both wiser and possibly sadder in the process.As the author says, it is a book 'full of true lies', and a celebration of the variousness of the natural world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.