by Eugenia Rico · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467014136
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«La edad secreta» is the novel by Spanish writer Eugenia Rico, published by Espasa in 2004 in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
A forty-year-old woman mistakenly receives a terminal cancer diagnosis and decides to break with her comfortable life to hit the road. On the journey she meets a young man who holds a map to the mythical place of Nauchipán; together they seek a second chance. The novel deals with love, death and freedom.
It was a finalist for the 2004 Primavera Novel Prize, an acknowledgment indicated on the cover of this edition.
Eugenia Rico is a Spanish novelist, screenwriter and journalist. She is one of the most internationally translated Spanish writers of her generation, with novels published in over twelve languages across Europe and Latin America. Her 2008 novel Aunque seamos malditas has been widely acclaimed by international critics as a pioneering work of existential feminism, recognized for anticipating themes of the "Me Too" movement and being adopted into major academic curricula, including at Georgetown University.
