by Almudena Grandes · Maxi-Tusquets · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788483835425
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«Castillos de cartón» is the novel by Almudena Grandes published by Maxi-Tusquets in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
In 1980s Madrid, María José Sánchez, an art appraiser, recalls her time as a fine arts student upon hearing of the suicide of an old friend. With Marcos and Jaime she shared a triangular passion marked by jealousy, friendship, and the ambition to become a painter, amid the movida and its excesses.
It belongs to the Maxi collection from Tusquets. The first edition of the novel appeared in 2004; the paperback edition from Maxi-Tusquets was published on July 1, 2009.
For adult readers of literary fiction, with an interest in 1980s Madrid and novels about intense relationships, jealousy, and memory.
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her "one of the most important writers of our time."
