by Javier Cercas · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490624531
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El vientre de la ballena is a novel by Javier Cercas that narrates the tragicomic experience of Tomás, a thirty-year-old immersed in a profound vital transformation. The story, both hilarious and melancholic, explores the complexity of human relationships and the mirages of happiness. In this revised edition, Cercas takes on the challenge of confronting his own origins, offering a work that is both recognizable and new, where the wisdom of the mature author enhances the freshness and humor of the young man.
Javier Cercas Mena is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis, and the European Book Prize for The Impostor.
