Carmen Martín Gaite





Carmen Martín Gaite

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Average rating: 3.68 · 606 ratings · 39 reviews · 49 distinct works
El cuarto de atrás
3.93 of 5 stars 393 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1978 — 12 editions
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Caperucita en Manhattan
3.37 of 5 stars 337 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions
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Entre Visillos: Premio Nada...
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3.65 of 5 stars 365 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions
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Nubosidad Variable
3.98 of 5 stars 398 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions
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Lo Raro Es Vivir
3.21 of 5 stars 321 avg rating — 28 ratings3 editions
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La Reina de Las Nieves
3.92 of 5 stars 392 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Las ataduras.
3.93 of 5 stars 393 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1900 — 5 editions
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Usos Amorosos de La Postgue...
3.13 of 5 stars 313 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
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El Balneario
3.29 of 5 stars 329 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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Retahilas
4.0 of 5 stars 400 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions
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“La rutina no está tanto en las cosas como en nuestra incapacidad para crear a cada momento un vínculo original con ellas, en nuestra tendencia a leerlas por la falsilla de lo rutinario, de lo ya aprendido. Hay que seguir dejando siempre abierta la puerta al cuarto de jugar.”
Carmen Martín Gaite, El Cuento De Nunca Acabar: Apuntes Sobre La NarracióN, El Amor Y La Mentira

“Nunca está uno libre; el que no está atado a algo, no vive... Las verdaderas ataduras son las que uno escoge, las que se busca y se pone uno solo, pudiendo no tenerlas.”
Carmen Martín Gaite

“Yo pensaba que también podía ser heroico escaparse por gusto, sin más, por amor a la libertad y a la alegría—no a la alegría impuesta oficial y mesurada, sino a la carcajada y a la canción que brotan de una fuente cuyas aguas nadie canaliza.”
Carmen Martín Gaite, El cuarto de atrás



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