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La mujer es la gran protagonista del libro. La callada y secreta Anja. Pandora la vengativa. La irresistible Olga, que vive buscando un hombre. Anita y su sombra. La extraña vida de Bárbara en la Casa Gris. Isolda y el lago o el amor sacrílego de Luisa. Son algunos de los nombres que llenan de vida estos relatos.
Espido Freire nos enseña pedazos de vidas, situaciones actuales donde el amor, los celos y los equívocos se integran en un estilo personal que sigue cautivando a miles de lectores.
Espido Freire nos enseña pedazos de vidas, situaciones actuales donde el amor, los celos y los equívocos se integran en un estilo personal que sigue cautivando a miles de lectores.
256 pages, Hardcover
Published October 5, 2004
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Espido Freire
84 books196 followersMaría Laura Espido Freire (her pen name is just her surnames Espido Freire) is a writer born in Bilbao, Spain on July 16, 1974.
Espido Freire dedicated her early years to the study and performance of classical music. She received a degree in English philology from the University of Deusto, where she also studied for a master's degree in editing.
She made her literary debut with the novel Irlanda in 1998. It has been translated into several languages. The French version of the novel, translated by Eva Calveyra, won the Millepage Prize in France. As of 2007, an English translation of Irlanda is underway. The first chapter appeared in The Violet Issue of [Fairy Tale Review], edited by Kate Bernheimer. Another excerpt from the novel was published in the Summer 2007 issue of The Modern Review.
In 1999, she was awarded the Premio Planeta for her novel Melocotones helados. She is the youngest writer to have won this well-funded literary award.
Her novels have been translated into several languages, including French, German, Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
She has an interest in teaching creative writing and has taught at several universities.
In 2007, she won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for her novel Soria Moria.
Espido Freire dedicated her early years to the study and performance of classical music. She received a degree in English philology from the University of Deusto, where she also studied for a master's degree in editing.
She made her literary debut with the novel Irlanda in 1998. It has been translated into several languages. The French version of the novel, translated by Eva Calveyra, won the Millepage Prize in France. As of 2007, an English translation of Irlanda is underway. The first chapter appeared in The Violet Issue of [Fairy Tale Review], edited by Kate Bernheimer. Another excerpt from the novel was published in the Summer 2007 issue of The Modern Review.
In 1999, she was awarded the Premio Planeta for her novel Melocotones helados. She is the youngest writer to have won this well-funded literary award.
Her novels have been translated into several languages, including French, German, Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
She has an interest in teaching creative writing and has taught at several universities.
In 2007, she won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for her novel Soria Moria.
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