by Marcela Serrano · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807816963
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Antigua, vita mia is a novel by Chilean author Marcela Serrano, published in 2002. The story follows the lives of two women, Josefa and Violeta, friends since childhood, through the pages of an old diary. The narrative explores themes of dreams, passions, disappointments, and the complexities of human relationships within the context of Chilean society. The novel culminates in the city of Antigua, where the protagonists seek to rediscover themselves and strengthen their friendship.
Marcela Serrano is a Chilean novelist. In 1994, her first novel, Para que no me olvides, won the Literary Prize in Santiago, and her second book, Nosotras que nos queremos tanto, won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for women writers in Spanish. She received the runner-up award in the renowned Premio Planeta competition in 2001 for her novel Lo que está en mi corazón. Carlos Fuentes has quoted her description of the modern woman as "having the capacity to change skin like a snake, freeing herself from the inevitability and servitude of more obsolete times."
