El mapa de la vida

Synopsis of El mapa de la vida

«El mapa de la vida» is the novel by Adolfo García Ortega, published by Seix Barral in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).

Ada, an expert on the Renaissance, and Gabriel, a roller coaster designer, survive the 11-M attack and find a love story that helps them rebuild their lives. The narrative interweaves fourteenth-century Florence, the figure of Muhammad, the Guantánamo prison, and the Nazareth of a young Miriam, in a tale that moves between the past, the present, and the future.

First edition published in 2009 in the Biblioteca Breve collection by Seix Barral.