[Rarebooks] FS: Jose Barcia: SONATINA GIJONESA

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Barcia, José F. [Fernandez]. SONATINA GIJONESA. 
Madrid: [Talleres Espasa-Calpe], 1929. 300 pp. 
Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Warmly 
inscribed by the author to Enrique Naranjo.

'Sonatina Gijonesa,' the second work by the 
Asturian author, José Barcia, created an uproar 
because of its caustic portrayal of the social 
parasitism of the wealthy classes. Though the 
novel is somewhat autobiographical, and many of 
the characters were easily identifiable (which no 
doubt intensified the uproar), the work is marked 
by an early experimentalism and break with more 
traditional storytelling.

José Fernández Barcia (1887-1948) born in Gijón, 
emigrated to Argentina, knocked around in dead 
end jobs, served in the Uruguay National guard 
and as a trade Unionist in France, but returned 
to Gijon to write his first work, Andanzas 
(Gijón, 1924), an autobiography. He again left, 
traveled to Germany where he taught Spanish, and 
finally returned to Oviedo to write this novel. 
(See Alvaro Ruiz de la Peña, Introducción a la 
literatura asturiana, pp. 193-196). Not in OCLC. 
We could locate only two copies: BN Spain and B. 
Univ. Oviedo. Provenance: Copy of Enrique Naranjo 
Martinez, Colombian Consul in Boston. Wrappers 
worn, small chips to edges, some minor sunning, 
spine cocked, still a very good copy of this very 
scarce title.  [34152] $500.00

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Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
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