by Rafael Chirbes · Círculo De Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467256888
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«En la orilla» is the novel by Rafael Chirbes, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (440 pages, in Spanish).
The discovery of a corpse in the Olba reservoir opens the story of Esteban, a ruined carpenter who cares for his sick father and investigates the causes of his bankruptcy. The novel portrays greed, false projects and the moral erosion of a society in crisis. The reservoir, landscape and symbol, concentrates secrets and guilt with direct prose.
The novel was published in 2013.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction, especially realist novels about the crisis and its moral consequences.
Rafael Chirbes was a Spanish novelist. He was born in Tavernes de la Valldigna in Valencia. He is the author of several novels, two of which have won the Premio de la Crítica de narrativa castellana - Crematorio (2007) and En la orilla (2013). The latter also won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa.
