Los papeles de Admunsen

Admunsen, Vázquez Montalbán's alter ego and protagonist of the novel, is a young intellectual frustrated between the alienating demands of consumer society, personal fulfillment and political awareness. After spending a couple of years in prison, his life unfolds in a series of failed attempts to develop as a writer, rebuild his relationship and avoid pressure to integrate into the system, until, disenchanted, he will have to decide whether to get involved. in the cause or renounce his principles and endanger his moral integrity. The Admunsen Papers offers a scathing and ruthless portrait of the sixties in Barcelona, the repression of the dictatorship, the development of a consumer society, new ideas, and changes in morality and customs, as well as the internal exile of the author himself, are made visible for the first time in Vázquez Montalbán's literature.