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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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First published March 1, 2009
About the author
Núria Añó
17 books14 followersNúria 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.
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.
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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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