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Gabriele es una actriz que, cuando su carrera toca a su fin, emprende un viaje a la ciudad donde pasó la adolescencia. Su repentina visita pilla algo desprevenidas a dos de sus amigas, que ven en ella un modo de escapatoria a muchos días grises y monótonos. También la actriz podría intuir a través de ellas la vida que podría haber tenido. En vez de eso, el peso de la fama la persigue desde hace cuarenta años y solo una cosa parece evidente: este viaje despierta viejas pasiones y altera las vidas de todos los que visita.
"Lo que Núria Añó nos presenta en su libro es un pedazo de vida real, diseccionado con el fino bisturí de su escritura. Hay en la obra un gran trabajo realizado sobre el lenguaje y sobre el estilo. La novela no es fácil, ni por la temática ni por el estilo, pero es muy interesante y constituye, a mi modo de ver, una de las grandes promesas de la narrativa catalana contemporánea."—L'Ull crític, 15-16
"Lo que Núria Añó nos presenta en su libro es un pedazo de vida real, diseccionado con el fino bisturí de su escritura. Hay en la obra un gran trabajo realizado sobre el lenguaje y sobre el estilo. La novela no es fácil, ni por la temática ni por el estilo, pero es muy interesante y constituye, a mi modo de ver, una de las grandes promesas de la narrativa catalana contemporánea."—L'Ull crític, 15-16
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About the author
Núria Añó
22 books13 followersNúria Añó is a Catalan/Spanish writer, a translator, and a regular speaker at conferences and symposia, where she gives papers on literary creation, films, cities, or authors like Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Karen Blixen, Alexandre Dumas or Franz Werfel.
Her novel "Els nens de l'Elisa" was third among the finalists for the 24th Ramon Llull Prize for Catalan Literature and was published in 2006. "L'escriptora morta" [The Dead Writer, 2020], in 2008; "Núvols baixos" [Lowering Clouds, 2020], in 2009, and "La mirada del fill", in 2012. Her most recent work "El salón de los artistas exiliados en California" [The Salon of Exiled Artists in California, 2020] is a biography of scriptwriter Salka Viertel, a Jewish salonnière and well-known in Hollywood in the thirties as a specialist on Greta Garbo scripts.
Some of her novels, short stories, and articles have been translated into Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, Polish, Chinese, Latvian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Greek.
Her writing focuses on the characters' psychology, generally antiheroes. The characters are the most important in her books, much more than the topic, due to "an introspection, a reflection, not sentimental, but feminine". Her novels cover a multitude of topics, treat actual and socially relevant problems such as injustices or poor communication between people, and frequently, the core of her stories remains unexplained. Añó asks the reader to discover the "deeper meaning" and to become involved in the events presented.
Literary Prizes/ Awards:
2019. Awarded at International Writer's and Translators' House in Latvia.
2018. Fourth prize of the 5th Shanghai Get-together Writing Contest.
2018. Selected for a literary residence in Krakow UNESCO City of Literature, Poland.
2017. Awarded at the International Writers' and Translators' Center of Rhodes in Greece.
2017. Awarded at the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators in Sweden.
2016. Awarded at the Shanghai Writing Program, hosted by the Shanghai Writer's Association.
2016. Awarded by the Culture Association Nuoren Voiman Liitto to be a resident at Villa Sarkia in Finland.
2004. Third among the finalists for the 24th Ramon Llull Prize for Catalan Literature.
1997. Finalist for the 8th Mercè Rodoreda Prize for Catalan Short Stories.
1996. Awarded the 18th City of Almenara Joan Fuster Prize for Fiction.
Her novel "Els nens de l'Elisa" was third among the finalists for the 24th Ramon Llull Prize for Catalan Literature and was published in 2006. "L'escriptora morta" [The Dead Writer, 2020], in 2008; "Núvols baixos" [Lowering Clouds, 2020], in 2009, and "La mirada del fill", in 2012. Her most recent work "El salón de los artistas exiliados en California" [The Salon of Exiled Artists in California, 2020] is a biography of scriptwriter Salka Viertel, a Jewish salonnière and well-known in Hollywood in the thirties as a specialist on Greta Garbo scripts.
Some of her novels, short stories, and articles have been translated into Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, Polish, Chinese, Latvian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Greek.
Her writing focuses on the characters' psychology, generally antiheroes. The characters are the most important in her books, much more than the topic, due to "an introspection, a reflection, not sentimental, but feminine". Her novels cover a multitude of topics, treat actual and socially relevant problems such as injustices or poor communication between people, and frequently, the core of her stories remains unexplained. Añó asks the reader to discover the "deeper meaning" and to become involved in the events presented.
Literary Prizes/ Awards:
2019. Awarded at International Writer's and Translators' House in Latvia.
2018. Fourth prize of the 5th Shanghai Get-together Writing Contest.
2018. Selected for a literary residence in Krakow UNESCO City of Literature, Poland.
2017. Awarded at the International Writers' and Translators' Center of Rhodes in Greece.
2017. Awarded at the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators in Sweden.
2016. Awarded at the Shanghai Writing Program, hosted by the Shanghai Writer's Association.
2016. Awarded by the Culture Association Nuoren Voiman Liitto to be a resident at Villa Sarkia in Finland.
2004. Third among the finalists for the 24th Ramon Llull Prize for Catalan Literature.
1997. Finalist for the 8th Mercè Rodoreda Prize for Catalan Short Stories.
1996. Awarded the 18th City of Almenara Joan Fuster Prize for Fiction.
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January 28, 2024
La scrittrice si sofferma esclusivamente sulla descrizione psicologia dei vari personaggi. Non c'è nessuna storia sottostante, gli intrecci risultano essere incoerenti ed inconsistenti.
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