by Milena Agus · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498412789
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«Mientras duerme el tiburón» is the contemporary novel by Milena Agus, published by Siruela in paperback (152 pages, in Spanish).
«Mientras duerme el tiburón» portrays the peculiar Sevilla-Mendoza family of Sardinian origin: a father fascinated by South America, a mother who pursues beauty, a brother obsessed with musical perfection, an aunt looking for a boyfriend, and a daughter in love with a married man. Life is compared to being in the mouth of a sleeping shark: while it sleeps, there is hope; if it wakes, everything changes.
Milena Agus's first novel, originally published in Italian as «Mentre dorme il pescecane» (2005). This Spanish edition, translated by Celia Filipetto, belongs to Siruela's Nuevos Tiempos collection (no. 146).
For readers of contemporary fiction and Italian literature who want to discover Milena Agus, an author of stories described as naive, daring and tender.
Milena Agus is an Italian author from Sardinia. She is one of the leading novelists in the so-called Sardinian Literary Spring which began in the 1980s and which includes other international names such as Michela Murgia.
