Series / Collection

Novela Grijalbo [Vol. 230]

Subjects

Novela Norteamericana

ISBN/ISSN

84-253-1091-1

Publication

Barcelona: Ediciones Grijalbo, S.A., 1978

Summary

Adventures and misadventures of a band of students in the 1950s. It is the summer before the last year of high school. Two friends go to spend a few weeks of vacation at an aunt’s house. There they meet two girls and a summer idyll begins. On their return to the city, they meet them again, who are now part of the female “gang” called “Las Damas Rosas” (The Pink Ladies).
The novel creates a great panoramic view of the youth world, its symbols, its amusements and its interests. The last course in high school will be the end of an era for all of them and the beginning of a life of work and responsibilities. But before that happens, Ron de Christoforo’s play visualizes and recreates the great operatic, dramatic and human ending of a youth subculture that dies with its boots on, on the dance floors and to the rhythm of its favorite music.
This work, magnificent in its realization and verismo, has been brought to the screen by Paramount. The starring roles are played by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The literary work does not lag behind the film as it captures forever the loquacious slang, first loves and confrontations with life of a whole generation. Like all essentially human works, this book has a universal language. In it we can recognize our past or our present. “Grease” is an integral part of all generations after the 1950s, the rock ‘n’ roll generation and the new youth heroes.

Notes

215 p.

Language

Spanish

Katalogo-zenbaki

813.54 GRE

Availability

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