Almudena's Fans (16)

Almudena Grandes

Author profile

born

May 07, 1960 in Madrid, Spain

gender

female

website

http://www.almudenagrandes.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

About this author

edit data

She studied Geography and History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is married to the poet Luis García Montero. In 1989 she won the La Sonrisa Vertical prize with her erotic novel Las edades de Lulú, which has been translated into several languages. Bigas Luna made a movie based on this book, as did Gerardo Herrero with Malena es un nombre de tango and Juan Vicente Córdoba with El lenguaje de los balcones in his film Aunque tú no lo sepas.

As Emilie L. Bergmann said, her novel Las edades de Lulú (1989) "represented a breakthrough for eroticism in women's writing".

Her books speak about the Spanish people in the last quarter of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st century. She shows in them a great realism and an intens...more

combine editions
Books by Almudena Grandes

Average rating: 3.59 · 1,322 ratings · 109 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Las edades de Lulú 3.28 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 1989 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Malena es un nombre de tango 3.82 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	My rating:
	El corazón helado 4.17 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Castillos de cartón 3.67 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Atlas de geografía humana 3.49 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Modelos de mujer 3.34 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Wind from the East: A Novel by Almudena Grandes, Sonia Soto (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Inés y la alegría (Episodios de una guerra interminable, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Te Llamare Viernes 2.69 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	El lector de Julio Verne 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:

More books by Almudena Grandes…

Series by Almudena Grandes

Episodios de una guerra interminable (2 books)
by Almudena Grandes

4.09 avg rating — 66 ratings

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Almudena Grandes

“Cuando pasa algo malo, pero malo de verdad, por mucho que llores, lo peor no es llorar, que eso a veces está bien, porque te quedas nuevo, lo peor empieza cuando no puedes llorar más, y entonces te das cuenta de que la tristeza es algo sucio, como un grumo gris, espeso, una pelota de barro dentro de los pulmones, que pesa, y la notas al respirar, todo el tiempo.”
― Almudena Grandes

tags: sadness

7 people liked it

“Y estaba sola, me sentía sola, incapaz de hablar, que es quizás la peor forma de la soledad.”
― Almudena Grandes

tags: solitude

6 people liked it

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
SciFi and Fantasy...: Which authors are on your "buy on sight" list	47	145	Feb 06, 2011 08:23pm
Around the World ...: Spain	4	48	Oct 29, 2011 02:49pm

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Almudena to Goodreads.