by Elizabeth Strout · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432232367
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«Amy e Isabelle» is Elizabeth Strout's first novel, published by Seix Barral in hardcover (432 pages, in Spanish).
Isabelle, a widow, lives with her teenage daughter Amy in a town near Boston; between mother and daughter there is silence and distance. When a new math teacher arrives, Amy discovers a different world and a relationship that changes everything. Isabelle, on finding out, feels betrayed, and the conflict forces them to confront their own lives.
Biblioteca Formentor collection. Translation by Juan Tafur; original title: Amy and Isabelle. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and finalist for the PEN/Faulkner and Orange Prize.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in family relationships and adolescent awakening; also for book clubs.
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels—the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her ten novels.
