by Carmen Martín Gaite · Quinteto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433968173
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«Irse de casa» is the novel by Carmen Martín Gaite, published by Quinteto in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Amparo Miranda, a successful fashion designer based in New York, returns to the provincial city she left forty years ago. She wants to merely observe her old surroundings, but the reunion confronts her with the fate of the people who cross her path.
The work was originally published in 1998 and received the San Clemente Prize in 1999. This 2002 edition belongs to the Quinteto Bolsillo collection (number 7).
For the general public interested in contemporary Spanish fiction and stories of returning to one's roots.
Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
