by Liliane Hasson, Zoé Valdés · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782742720675
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«La Douleur du dollar» is the novel by Zoé Valdés, published by Actes Sud in the Babel collection, in paperback format (352 pages, in French).
The novel, whose original Spanish title is «Te di la vida entera», is set in Cuba and combines historical and contemporary fiction with romance. The French translation recreates the story of a woman and her relationships, with money and the dollar as the backdrop to the characters' lives.
Work originally published in 1996 and nominated for the Planeta Prize. Translated from Spanish by Liliane Hasson. This French edition dates from 1999.
For readers of contemporary Cuban fiction seeking a novel with a historical and romantic backdrop.
Zoé Valdés is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, she worked for the Delegación de Cuba at UNESCO in Paris and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the magazine Cine Cubano. She lives with her daughter in Paris. She has been married three times: with Cuban writer Manuel Pereira Quintero, Cuban government official José Antonio González and Cuban independent filmmaker Ricardo Vega.
