by Roy Jacobsen · GRIJALBO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788425344404
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«El despertar» is the contemporary fiction novel by Roy Jacobsen, published by Grijalbo in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
Finn, aged eleven, and his mother live in a working-class neighborhood of Oslo after his father's abandonment; their relationship is one of absolute trust, and he is her greatest support. Financial hardship forces them to rent a room to an enigmatic lodger, and the arrival of a stepsister will test their bond. A sober story about love, forgiveness and family ties.
Originally published as Vidunderbarn in 2009, it won the Bokhandlerprisen prize; the translation is by Cristina Gómez Baggethun.
For those seeking recent European fiction focused on family life and the relationships between mothers and children.
Roy Jacobsen was a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv, which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He won the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Gyldendal Prize. Two of his novels have been nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene in 1991 and Frost in 2004. Several of his books have been translated into English. The Unseen was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2017 and he was twice shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.
