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Novel

Bodas de cristal

Not translated into English

Silvina Bullrich · 1951

Synopsis

The plot of the novel is summarised nowhere. It is described as devoted to intimate moments, in which the characters privately and in thought criticise the machismo or the weakness of certain women; the Argentine government website places it in the vein of the author's feminist intimism. The film it inspired in 1975, from a screenplay by her, follows a couple celebrating fifteen years of marriage, according to TheTVDB.

Context

Dated to 1951 (to 1959 by Biografías y Vidas), the novel was the author's first great commercial success; the official Argentine portal regards it as her most solid book of the period. Georges Pillement translated it into French for Robert Laffont in 1960, and a paperback edition followed in 1967. The author herself wrote its film adaptation, released in 1975.

Who it is for

A novel in Spanish, in an intimate vein; translated into French by Georges Pillement in 1960.

Prizes and reception

The book which, according to the official Argentine page, brought its author popularity.

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