by Jane Gardam · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498383423
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«El viejo juez» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jane Gardam, published by Salamandra in hardcover (320 pages, in Spanish).
Sir Edward Feathers, nicknamed Filth, is a retired British lawyer and magistrate, born in Malaya and educated in London, who succeeded in Hong Kong. Now settled in the English countryside, the arrival of a new neighbor stirs up his past and reveals an unexpected personality. The novel alternates between present and memories, with secrets, irony, and British humor.
First edition published in 2011 in the Salamandra Narrativa collection. Finalist for the Orange Prize.
For readers of contemporary fiction and literary narrative who appreciate psychological nuances and British humor.
Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2005.
