Carmen Laforet

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Carmen Laforet


Born
in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
September 06, 1921

Died
February 28, 2004

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Carmen Laforet Y Díaz was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish Tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela with his novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte.

Average rating: 3.83 · 40,739 ratings · 4,306 reviews · 50 distinct worksSimilar authors
Nada

3.84 avg rating — 38,416 ratings — published 1944 — 84 editions
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La insolación

3.98 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 1963
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La mujer nueva

3.23 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2004 — 25 editions
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La isla y los demonios

3.90 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1952 — 15 editions
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De corazón y alma (1947-1952)

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Al volver la esquina

3.75 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
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La llamada

3.81 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1954 — 10 editions
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Puntos de vista de una mujer

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Siete novelas cortas

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Puedo contar contigo: Corre...

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“Me parece que de nada vale correr si siempre ha de irse por el mismo camino, cerrado, de nuestra personalidad. Unos seres nacen para vivir, otros para trabajar, y otros para mirar la vida. Yo tenia un pequeño y ruin papel de espectadora. Imposible salirme de él. Imposible libertarme. Una tremenda congoja fue para mí lo único real en aquellos momentos.”
Carmen Laforet, Nada

“¿Quién puede entender los mil hilos que unen las almas de los hombres y el alcance de sus palabras?”
Carmen Laforet, Nada
tags: alma

“Yo no busco en las personas ni la bondad ni la buena educación siquiera..., aunque creo que esto último es imprescindible para vivir con ellas. Me gustan las gentes que ven la vida con ojos distintos que los demás, que consideran las cosas de otro modo que la mayoría... Quizá me ocurra esto porque he vivido siempre con seres demasiado normales y satisfechos de ellos mismos...”
Carmen Laforet, Nada
tags: vida

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Japan: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
 
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Spain: Nada by Carmen Laforet
 
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