by Carmen Amoraga · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423327133
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«El rayo dormido» is the contemporary novel by Carmen Amoraga, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback, with 448 pages, in Spanish.
Natalia Soler, an unemployed journalist, applies for a grant to investigate two neighbors who lived through the Spanish Civil War on opposite sides. While gathering testimonies, a missing friend, Carmen, writes to her on Facebook; the reunion uncovers an unresolved episode and confirms that what seemed forgotten can return with force years later.
The book was published in Barcelona in 2012 and belongs to the Áncora & Delfín collection of Ediciones Destino.
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction with an interest in the memory of the Spanish Civil War, friendship and the secrets of the past.
María Carmen Amoraga Toledo is a Spanish writer. She was born in Picanya, Valencia, and studied information science at university. Her debut novel Para que nada se pierda won the Ateneo Joven award in 1997. Other notable works include La larga noche, Algo tan parecido al amor and El tiempo mientras tanto. Her most recent novel La vida era eso won the 2014 Premio Nadal.
