by Roddy Doyle · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420429489
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«La mujer que se daba con las puertas» is the novel by Roddy Doyle, published by Alfaguara in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
The story centers on Paula, a simple, dreamy woman who suffers physical and psychological abuse at the hands of her husband, Charlo, a brutal man. With harsh, realistic scenes, the novel describes her daily martyrdom and addresses domestic violence, abortion and the struggle for female liberation.
First installment of the Paula Spencer series; translation by Herminia Bevia and Antonio Resines. Original title: The Woman Who Walked into Doors.
A work for book clubs and readers of contemporary Irish fiction interested in social portraiture.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
