by Fernando Arrabal · Automática Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415509011
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«La torre herida por el rayo» is the novel by Fernando Arrabal, published in 2012 by Automática Editorial in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Two chess geniuses, Elías Tarsis and Marc Amary, face off for the world title while the narrative combines the game with their lives: love, phobias, political intrigues and chance. The novel follows the rhythm of the moves and immerses the reader in Fernando Arrabal's universe.
The work received the Nadal Prize and the International Nabokov Prize for Fiction. It belongs to the Narrativa collection of Automática Editorial and its cover announces an epilogue by the author.
For readers of contemporary fiction in Spanish and followers of Fernando Arrabal, especially those seeking novels with chess as a backdrop.
Fernando Arrabal Terán is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterrado", or "half-expatriate, half-exiled".
