El mes más cruel
by Pilar Adón
Description
Two strangers have to share a three-storey house for a few days, and both are determined to maintain order and be indispensable; a woman waits anxiously for the arrival of a younger boy who will free her from her boredom and frustration; Scott returns to England after his polar expedition but no one will receive him; a girl named Clara follows the footsteps of an elusive cat; a mother terrorizes her son so that he never leaves her side. The fourteen stories that compose "El mes más cruel" are a careful collection of recipes to survive loss, separation, madness and fear.
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Author Biography
Pilar Adón was born in Madrid in 1971. She is the author of the short story books "La vida sumergida", "El mes más cruel" and "Viajes inocentes", the novels "Las efímeras" and "Las hijas de Sara", and the collections of poems "Da dolor", "Las órdenes", "Mente animal" and "La hija del cazador". She is currently an English translator and works in the publishing sector. Pilar Adón graduated in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has published the short story books "La vida sumergida" (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2017), "El mes más cruel" (Impedimenta, 2010), for which she was named Nuevo Talento Fnac, and "Viajes inocentes" (Páginas de Espuma, 2005), for which she received the Ojo Crítico de Narrativa Award, as well as the novels "Las efímeras" (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2015) and "Las hijas de Sara" (Alianza, 2003). She has been included in several volumes of short stories. Among others: "Cuento español actual" (Cátedra, 2014); "Mar de pirañas" (Menoscuarto, 2012); "Siglo XXI" (Menoscuarto, 2010) and "Pequeñas Resistencias 5" (Páginas de Espuma, 2010). She has published the book of poems "Da dolor", "Las órdenes", for which he was awarded the Book of the Year Prize by the Gremio de Libreros de Madrid, as well as "Mente animal" and "La hija del cazador" (La Bella Varsovia, 2020, 2018, 2014 and 2011); in 2010 she published the book of poems "De la mano iremos al bosque" (Ediciones del 4 de agosto), and in 2006 the book of poems "Con nubes y animales y fantasmas" (EH Editores). She is part of several poetry anthologies: "Tsunami" (Sexto Piso, 2019), "Insumisas" (Baile del Sol, 2019), "Sombras di-versas" (Vaso Roto, 2018), "Cien mil millones de poemas" (Demipage, 2011) and "Los jueves poéticos" (Hiperión, 2007). She has translated, among others, the book of stories "Bush Studies" (Impedimenta, 2018), by Australian Barbara Baynton; by John Fowles, the essay "The Tree" (Impedimenta, 2013); by Penelope Fitzgerald, the novels "Innocence" (Impedimenta, 2013) and "The Beginning of Spring" (Impedimenta, 2011); by Joan Lindsay, "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (Impedimenta, 2010); by Edith Wharton, the book of articles "Fighting France" and the novel "Sanctuary" (Impedimenta, 2009 and 2007).
Impedimenta S. L.
Impedimenta is a publishing house founded in 2007. It has been awarded with the National Prize to Best Publishing Labour in 2008. Nowadays publishes between 24 and 34 titles per year (fiction, graphic novels, comics and children’s illustrated books).
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- Publisher Impedimenta
- Publication Date May 2010
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788493760168
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 17.89 EUR
- Pages195
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleSpanish
- Original Language AuthorsSpa
- Edition4th
- Copyright Year2010
- Dimensions13x20 cm
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