Waiting for Robert Capa (P.S.) - Softcover

Fortes, Susana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062000381 ISBN 13: 9780062000385

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2014

Synopsis

Susana Fortes offers a gorgeously written, English Patient-style novel about the real-life romance between two photojournalists furiously in love: Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. During the Spanish Civil War, Capa and Taro risked everything documenting Francisco Franco's Fascist uprising--even as they risked everything for love. The two artists' passion stands out in sharp relief against the terrifying realities of war in this internationally acclaimed novel, a book that will resonate with fans of Possession, Loving Frank, Suite Francaise, and Pan's Labyrinth. With a film adaptation already underway from producer Michael Mann (Public Enemies, The Insider, Manhunter, Collateral), Fortes' Waiting for Robert Capa is a tale that will touch millions of hearts, mixing the poignancy of a timeless love story with the immediacy of a vivid snapshot from a bygone era.

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Review:

"Waiting for Robert Capa moves artfully between fact and fiction, with a stunningly evoked backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. Susana Fortes is the real thing: a world-class novelist who brings all of her considerable talents to bear on this brief, affecting story."--Jay Parini, author of The Last Station and The Passages of H.M.

Waiting for Robert Capa moves artfully between fact and fiction, with a stunningly evoked backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. Susana Fortes is the real thing: a world-class novelist who brings all of her considerable talents to bear on this brief, affecting story. --Jay Parini, author of The Last Station and The Passages of H.M."

About the Author:

Susana Fortes is a native of Spain. Her novels have been translated into almost twenty languages, and she is the winner of numerous literary awards, including the Premio Nuevos Narradores, the Premio Primavera, the Premio de la Critica, and, for Waiting for Robert Capa, the Premio Fernando Lara. She is a regular contributor to El Pais as well as various cinema and literature magazines.

Susana Fortes es licenciada en Geografia e Historia. En 1994 gano el Premio Nuevos Narradores con su primera novela, Querido Corto Maltes. Luego fue finalista del Premio Primavera 2001 con Fronteras de arena y finalista del Premio Planeta 2003 con El amante albanes, una novela que se convirtio en bestseller en Espana. La traduccion en ingles, The Albanian Affairs, ha conseguido el tercer premio del Book of the Year Awards 2006. Sus obras han sido traducidas a diez idiomas. Actualmente vive en Valencia, donde compagina la ensenanza con el periodismo y la literatura.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062000381
• ISBN 13: 9780062000385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208