num_pages: 288
description: The latest in the Little Sister’s Classics series resurrecting gay and lesbian literary a viciously funny, shocking yet ultimately moving 1975 novel, an allegory of Franco’s Spain, about a young gay man (the self-described “carnivorous lamb”) coming of age with a mother who despises him, a father who ignores him, and a brother who loves him. Author Agustin Gomez-Arcos left his native Spain for France in the 1960s to escape its censorship policies. The Carnivorous Lamb , originally written in French, won the Prix Hermes, and this, its 1984 English translation, was widely acclaimed.
language: English
title: The Carnivorous Lamb
titlecomplete: The Carnivorous Lamb
characters: Mathilde, Ignacio, Carlos, Antonio
genres: Historical, LGBT, Gay, Queer, Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Gay Fiction, Spanish Literature
ratings_count: 1120
places: Spain
awards: name: Prix Hermés
publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press