by Gonzalo Torné · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433998897
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«El corazón de la fiesta» is the contemporary fiction novel by Gonzalo Torné, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
Clara Montsalvatges inherits an apartment in Barcelona which she turns into a refuge for friends in crisis. When mysterious neighbors move in across the street, Clara becomes the neighbor's confidante and enters the world of Violeta Mancebo, daughter-in-law of the King of Catalonia. Money, class differences and ambitions intersect in a romantic comedy with a caustic undertone.
It belongs to the Narrativas hispánicas collection (no. 638). First edition published in January 2020.
For readers of current Spanish fiction interested in stories that combine social critique, humor and relationships.
Gonzalo Torné is a Spanish writer. He was born in Barcelona in 1976. He has published three novels: Hilos de sangre, Divorcio en el aire (2013), and Años felices (2017). He has also written a literary study titled Tres maestros (2012) where he analyzes the works of Saul Bellow, V. S. Naipaul and Javier Marías. As a translator, he has translated Samuel Johnson, William Wordsworth and John Ashbery into Spanish. His own works have been translated into multiple European languages, including English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese and Catalan.
