by Eleanor Catton · Círculo de Lectores. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467262995
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«Las luminarias» is the historical mystery novel by Eleanor Catton, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (796 pages, in Spanish).
In 1866, during the New Zealand gold rush, Walter Moody arrives in Hokitika with secrets of his own and crosses paths with a young woman named Anna Wetherell. A discovery, a disappearance, and suspicion of a captain set in motion a plot of twelve powerful men, intertwined fates and fortunes.
Original title: The Luminaries; translation by Celia Montolío. Winner of the 2013 Booker Prize.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction who enjoy ensemble stories, secrets, and multiple characters.
Eleanor Catton is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her award-winning debut novel, The Rehearsal, written as her Master's thesis, was published in 2008, and has been adapted into a 2016 film of the same name. Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Booker Prize, making Catton the youngest author ever to win the prize and only the second New Zealander. It was subsequently adapted into a television miniseries, with Catton as screenwriter. In 2023, she was named on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list.
