El instante antes del impacto / That Last Second before Impact (Paperback)
Language: Spanish
Published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2022
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Paperback. UNA AUTORA REVELACION, LA VOZ DE UNA GENERACION LLENA DE DUDAS, DE RABIA Y, A PESAR DE TODO, DE PASIONGANADORA DEL PREMIO LLIBRETERSe tiene que leer. En su absoluta quietud hace que te den ganas de volar. Leonor WatlingHe encontrado entre sus paginas una angustia, una crudeza y una verdad similares a las que senti con obras como Estupor y temblores, de Amelie Nothomb. Luna MiguelDe que va la vida, asi, en general, la vida de la gente? No la de la gente a la que le pasa algo extraordinario que cambia toda su existencia, sino la de la mayoria. El ano en que se produce una ola de suicidios en la sede francesa de una compania de telecomunicaciones, la protagonista de esta historia entra a trabajar para su filial en Madrid. Pronto se ve sometida a mobbing: no le encargan ni una sola tarea. Cada dia llega a la oficina y se enfrenta a seis horas (jornada reducida por maternidad) de nada. Todo ese tiempo vacio le sirve para idear, en respuesta, un plan de venganza personal contra la economia global y las politicas laborales. Una intima rebelion contra la sociedad. Tiene cuarenta anos, dos hijos pequenos y un marido argentino en una dudosa gira como estrella de rock, y, a la espera de un despido o una indemnizacion que no acaban de llegar, durante trescientos sesenta y cinco dias se ira dando cuenta de como, al ir tachando articulos de su lista de la compra, van cayendo las verdades universales, la fe en las politicas de conciliacion y en la eficacia de los champus, y las ideas preconcebidas de una felicidad que quiza puede ser posible. Grito anticapitalista escrito con humor negro y pasion, esta novela, que fue finalista del Premio Clarin, habla de una caida, del amor, de cosas afiladas y de una orquidea muerta.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA BREAKTHROUGH AUTHOR, THE VOICE OF A GENERATION FULL OF DOUBTS, RAGE, AND DESPITE EVERYTHING, PASSION. WINNER OF THE LLIBRETER AWARD What is life about, in general, what are people's lives about? I dont mean the lives of those people to whom extraordinary things happen to that change their entire existence, but I mean that of the majority of people. The year in which a wave of suicides occurs at the French headquarters of a telecommunications company, the protagonist of this story begins to work for its subsidiary in Madrid. She soon finds herself subjected to mobbing: she is not given one single task to work on. Every day she gets to the office and faces six hours (reduced shift due to maternity) of nothingness. In response, she uses all that extra free time to conceive a plan of personal revenge against the global economy and labor policies. It is an intimate rebellion against society. She is forty years old, has two small children and an Argentine husband on a dubious tour as a rock star, and, is waiting to be laid off or receive compensation, and neither has yet to arrive. For three hundred and sixty-five days, as she crosses off items on her shopping list, she will realize how universal truths, her faith in reconciliation policies, the efficacy of shampoos, and preconceived ideas of a happiness, fall away and disappear. This novel, which was a finalist for the Clarin Prize, is an anti-capitalist cry written with dark humor and passion, and talks about a fall, love, sharp things, and a dead orchid. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- El instante antes del impacto / That Last Second before Impact (Paperback)
- Author
- Gloria De Castro
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- Spanish
- ISBN 10
- 8426410987
- ISBN 13
- 9788426410986
GANADORA DEL PREMIO LLIBRETER
«Se tiene que leer. En su absoluta quietud hace que te den ganas de volar». --Leonor Watling
«He encontrado entre sus páginas una angustia, una crudeza y una verdad similares a las que sentí con obras como Estupor y temblores, de Amélie Nothomb». --Luna Miguel
¿De qué va la vida, así, en general, la vida de la gente? No la de la gente a la que le pasa algo extraordinario que cambia toda su existencia, sino la de la mayoría...
El año en que se produce una ola de suicidios en la sede francesa de una compañía de telecomunicaciones, la protagonista de esta historia entra a trabajar para su filial en Madrid. Pronto se ve sometida a mobbing: no le encargan ni una sola tarea. Cada día llega a la oficina y se enfrenta a seis horas (jornada reducida por maternidad) de nada. Todo ese tiempo vacío le sirve para idear, en respuesta, un plan de venganza personal contra la economía global y las políticas laborales. Una íntima rebelión contra la sociedad. Tiene cuarenta años, dos hijos pequeños y un marido argentino en una dudosa gira como estrella de rock, y, a la espera de un despido o una indemnización que no acaban de llegar, durante trescientos sesenta y cinco días se irá dando cuenta de cómo, al ir tachando artículos de su lista de la compra, van cayendo las verdades universales, la fe en las políticas de conciliación y en la eficacia de los champús, y las ideas preconcebidas de una felicidad que quizá puede ser posible.
Grito anticapitalista escrito con humor negro y pasión, esta novela, que fue finalista del Premio Clarín, habla de una caída, del amor, de cosas afiladas y de una orquídea muerta.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A BREAKTHROUGH AUTHOR, THE VOICE OF A GENERATION FULL OF DOUBTS, RAGE, AND DESPITE EVERYTHING, PASSION.
WINNER OF THE LLIBRETER AWARD
What is life about, in general, what are people's lives about? I don't mean the lives of those people to whom extraordinary things happen to that change their entire existence, but I mean that of the majority of people...
The year in which a wave of suicides occurs at the French headquarters of a telecommunications company, the protagonist of this story begins to work for its subsidiary in Madrid. She soon finds herself subjected to mobbing: she is not given one single task to work on. Every day she gets to the office and faces six hours (reduced shift due to maternity) of nothingness. In response, she uses all that extra free time to conceive a plan of personal revenge against the global economy and labor policies. It is an intimate rebellion against society. She is forty years old, has two small children and an Argentine husband on a dubious tour as a rock star, and, is waiting to be laid off or receive compensation, and neither has yet to arrive. For three hundred and sixty-five days, as she crosses off items on her shopping list, she will realize how universal truths, her faith in reconciliation policies, the efficacy of shampoos, and preconceived ideas of a happiness, fall away and disappear.
This novel, which was a finalist for the Clarín Prize, is an anti-capitalist cry written with dark humor and passion, and talks about a fall, love, sharp things, and a dead orchid.
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