by José Carlos Somoza · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408043997
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«Clara y la penumbra» is the suspense novel by José Carlos Somoza, published by Planeta in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
In the international art world, hyperdramatic painting, which uses people as canvases, is triumphant. When Annek, a young woman serving as a painting in Vienna, is murdered, a powerful foundation conceals the crime. Clara Reyes, a model in Madrid, then receives a proposal for an enigmatic and dangerous work of art that connects her story to the investigation.
The novel won the Fernando Lara Novel Award in 2001. In 2002 it was recognized with the Hammett Award.
For readers of intrigue novels with an artistic background, seeking crime plots in the contemporary art world.
José Carlos Somoza Ortega is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for being from a bourgeoisie class. His family proved to be in difficult financial situation after having moved to Spain because they had been forbidden to take anything along except their child. And there were a lot of friends who helped them a lot during their first years in Spain. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to become a full-time writer in 1994. Since 1994 he made his first steps in writing and sent his works to the different literature competitions, to magazines and publishers all over Spain. And his first book was published the same year. When his fifth novel The Cave of Ideas obtained an international acknowledge, he realized that he had chosen the right route in his life.
