The trap
By: by Ana María Matute ; translated by María Jose de la Cámara and Robert Nugent.
Contributors: Nugent, Robert.; Cámara, María José de la.
Series: Discoveries
Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Women -- Spain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Women -- Fiction.; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Fiction.; Spain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Description: In The Trap, Ana Maria Matute explores ties that bind family, society and culture. Through her compelling use of a powerful feminine first-person narrative, Matute highlights the experience of women during the tumultuous years of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Matute delicately weaves a feminist subtext into the larger context of Spain's difficulties in dealing with gender, class and cultural distinctions.

She draws from her own experiences to paint a literary picture of the conflict between two groups: the people she calls the merchants - who deny the vitality of life - and the soldiers - who believe in tolerance. In this third novel of the famous trilogy, The Merchants, Matute examines the lasting effects of social upheaval, discrimination and lives trapped in conflict.