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      Fireflies

      by Ana Maria Matute
      Published
      Sep 1998
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      241
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      Fireflies, although set in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, could readily take place in a bellicose situation anywhere in the world. It contains an exposé of the chasm between generations, between rich and poor, between materialism and idealism. This novel has a socioeconomic/psychological relevance that leaves the reader pondering the consequences of war and the nugatory effects of imposing status quo values on adolescents who are in search of their own truth, their raison d'être. The story centers on the lives of two adolescents from opposite levels of society whose redemption lies in their short-lived mutual love, which ends tragically.

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      General Fiction

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      Military

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      First Edition Sep 1998 Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W ISBN13 9780820430157 ISBN10 0820430153
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