Nuages bas

by Núria Añó, Céline Sinsard (Translator)

Gabriele est une actrice qui, à la fin de sa carrière, entreprend un voyage dans la ville où elle a passé son adolescence. Sa visite soudaine prend au dépourvu deux de ses amies, qui voient en elle une manière d'échapper à leurs journées grises et monotones. L'actrice pourra deviner, à travers elles, la vie qu'elle aurait pu avoir. Le poids de la célébrité la poursuit depuis quarante ans et une seule chose semble évidente : ce voyage réveille de vieilles passions et modifie les vies de tous ceux à qui elle rend visite.

"Ce que Núria Añó nous présente dans son livre, c'est un morceau de vie réelle, disséqué au fin bistouri de son écriture. Il y a dans son œuvre un grand travail sur le langage et le style. Ce n'est pas un roman facile, ni par son sujet, ni par son style, mais il revêt un grand intérêt et représente, selon moi, l'une des grandes promesses en matière de roman catalan contemporain"- Dr. Àngels Santa, revue L'Ull crític, 15-16.

Genres: Fiction, LGBT, Media Tie In, Gay, Literary Fiction, Lesbian, Feminism

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First published March 1, 2009

About the author

Núria Añó (Lleida, 1973) is a Catalan/Spanish writer, translator and speaker at international conferences, where she presents papers on literary creation, cinema, cities and authors such as Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Karen Blixen, Alexandre Dumas fils or Franz Werfel. She has spoken at the University of Lleida, the University of Tunis, Jaén University, the International University of Andalucía, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC-Madrid), the Sysmän Kirjasto Library in Finland, the Shanghai Writers’ Association, Fudan University, East China Normal University, Sinan Mansion, the Cervantes Institute in Shanghai and Krakow, the Conrad Festival in Poland, Massolit Bookshop, Bar Baza and other cultural institutions.

Her work has been translated into Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, Polish, Chinese, Latvian, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Arabic, Romanian and Swedish.

Her first novel, “Els nens de l’Elisa” (2006), was ranked third in the final shortlist for the Ramon Llull Novel Award. She later published “L’escriptora morta” (2008), translated into English as “The Dead Writer” (2020); “Núvols baixos” (2009), translated as “Lowering Clouds” (2020); and “La mirada del fill” (2012). “El salón de los artistas exiliados en California” (2020), translated as “The Salon of Exiled Artists in California” (2020), is a biography of screenwriter Salka Viertel and the community of exiled artists in Hollywood. Her most recent book is “El chico de la medalla de bronce” (2026).

Añó has received numerous international grants and residencies, including Nuoren Voiman Liitto (Finland), the Shanghai Writing Program (China), the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators (Sweden), the International Writers and Translators’ Center of Rhodes (Greece), Krakow UNESCO City of Literature (Poland), the International Writers and Translators House (Latvia) and the International Writing Program (China). Her writing focuses on the psychology of her characters—often antiheroes—and explores themes such as injustice, communication and the unspoken layers beneath human relationships.

More information at www.nuriaanyo.com.

Reviews

[Tiziana · Rating 2 out of 5]

La scrittrice si sofferma esclusivamente sulla descrizione psicologia dei vari personaggi. Non c'è nessuna storia sottostante, gli intrecci risultano essere incoerenti ed inconsistenti.