by Jonathan Coe · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433981097
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In the summer of 1977, Calista Frangopoulou, a young Greek woman living in London, begins working as an interpreter for the famous Hollywood director Billy Wilder during the filming of his movie 'Fedora' on the island of Lefkada. As Calista delves into this glamorous and unknown world, she discovers love and a particular way of understanding cinema that is beginning to disappear. Through Wilder's teachings, Calista learns about the importance of kindness and sobriety when addressing life's dramas, from the uncertainties of youth to the traumas of the Holocaust. A nostalgic, sweet, and charming novel that explores the fragilities and strengths of family, as well as the impact of collective trauma.
Jonathan Coe is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! (1994) reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name. It is set within the "carve up" of the UK's resources that was carried out by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative governments of the 1980s.
