by Mary Gaitskill · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439720454
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«Veronica» is the contemporary fiction novel by Mary Gaitskill, published by Random House in paperback (272 pages, in Spanish).
Alison, a young woman discovered by a photographer, triumphs as a model in Europe until her career and love life fall apart. In New York she meets Veronica, an eccentric older woman, and a friendship is born that withstands Alison's return to fashion and Veronica's illness. Years later, now ill herself, Alison recalls that relationship.
Finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2005. Translated by Javier Calvo.
For readers of literary and contemporary fiction interested in novels about female friendship and 1980s New York.
Mary Gaitskill is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. Her books include the short story collection Bad Behavior (1988) and Veronica (2005), which was nominated for both the National Book Award for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
