William Maxwell

  ,In the suburbs of Chicago in the 1920s, two boys initiate an unusual friendship: Lymie Peters, a skinny and somewhat clumsy boy who always gets good grades, and newcomer Spud Latham, a star athlete and mediocre student. Spud accepts Lymieâ€™s devotion without questioning it, but once high school ends and the boys enter college, tensions begin to arise between them. Lymie is the first to meet Sally Forbes, but she will fall in love with Spud, and this will mark the beginning of the rift between them. But this rupture will be more than Lymie can bear. William Maxwell provides the reader with a moving portrayal of adolescence and the shift from youth into adulthood.,
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    ,En los suburbios de Chicago en los aÃ±os veinte, dos chicos inician una insÃ³lita amistad: Lymie Peters, un muchacho delgado y un poco torpe que siempre saca buenas notas, y el reciÃ©n llegado Spud Latham, un autÃ©ntico atleta y estudiante mediocre. Spud acepta la devociÃ³n de Lymie sin cuestionarla, pero al terminar la escuela secundaria y comenzar la universidad, aparecen las primeras tensiones entre ellos. Lymie es el primero en conocer a Sally Forbes, pero ella se enamorarÃ¡ de Spud, y este hecho marcarÃ¡ el inicio del distanciamiento entre los dos amigos. Pero la ruptura es mÃ¡s de lo que Lymie podrÃ¡ soportar. He aquÃ­ un conmovedor retrato de la adolescencia y el paso de la juventud a la edad adulta.,
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