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Since births have moved into hospitals, children no longer see babies being delivered. Artificial milk has banished the culture of the breast from homes. The information currently given out on these issues in schools is rare or nonexistent, and that which children receive from their families is often influenced by modern-day society’s negative and denaturalized view of these processes.
Cirlot wrote 'Nebiros', his only novel, in 1950. It was not authorised for publication under Spanish censorship law as it was considered to be 'repugnant' and of 'disgusting morality'. In the epilogue, Victoria Cirlot explains the challenges faced by this manuscript, which remained lost and hidden for more than half a century, reappearing just in time for the centenary of the poet's birth.
The protagonist is a literature teacher and admirer of Hanif Kureishi and Philip Roth who describes his daily life to a friend who has decided to return to Morocco, their homeland, to bring up his children there.