by Carmen Amoraga · Booket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788423346714
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«El rayo dormido» is the contemporary novel by Carmen Amoraga, published by Booket in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
Natalia Soler, a journalist, investigates two neighbors from her village who lived through the Spanish Civil War on opposite sides: a murdered priest and an anti-fascist from La Nueve, the company that liberated Paris. When Carmen, a friend who disappeared years earlier, contacts her on Facebook, the reunion uncovers old secrets and shows how the past returns to the present.
The work was originally published in 2012 by Destino; the paperback edition from Booket appeared in June 2013.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in historical memory, the Spanish Civil War and reunions with 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.
