Ana Matute The First Memories. Soldiers Cry at Night. The Trap. A Set of 3 Books

Set of 3 books: Ana Matute «The First Memories», «Soldiers Cry at Night», «The Trap».

The trilogy «The Merchants» by Nobel Prize winner and Cervantes Prize laureate Ana Maria Matute.
«The First Memories» — a novel about the collision of childhood with... reality. The main character, a girl named Matia, observes the cynical, cruel world of adults. She tries to resist, like the hero of «The Catcher in the Rye». But power, hypocrisy, and merchants prevail.
«Soldiers Cry at Night» — a quantum, fragmented, nervous style of narrative. Parallels between events in the history of Spain and the lives of the characters. The tragic choices of the characters coincide with the demise of the People’s Revolution. Even the strong-willed soldiers will mourn their fathers and brothers for a long time. Protest against injustice and hypocrisy permeates the pages of the novel.
The culmination of the trilogy — «The Trap». «A deal with one’s own conscience is the most despised form of commercial operation.» The soulful striving always becomes either a feat or a betrayal. Actions taken in childhood determine fate. This novel is an analysis of the flights of all the heroes of the trilogy. Everyone is responsible — both tyrants and their silent victims. Merchants of ideas, conscience, freedom, and beliefs await their clients, lurking for their victims.
The problems of generations and the youth's protest are relevant at all times.