Paperback. Premio Nacional de Literatura 2024 de Costa RicaLo que hace cien anos era una mujer enamorada, hoy es una mujer medicada.Pido perdon por lo que a continuacion voy a relatar, pregunto. Aunque, a quien podria ya pedirle perdon? No tengo inclinacion a hablar con gente muerta, me espanta la posibilidad de que me respondan. Me rindo. Acepto que hay algo impudico en contar la vida de quien mantuvo su intimidad bajo llave. Asi que me aguanto. Y no pido perdon. Ni me perdono.Una carta atraviesa el oceano y trastorna la rigida estabilidad de un hogar. Se desencadena un caos fabuloso de vino, musica, risas, que va sacando a flote las heridas y frustraciones de una mujer que nunca fue la persona mas importante para nadie. Esta es su historia, la vida de la madre de la narradora.Catalina Murillo te lo cuenta al oido, te va envolviendo en esa narracion que construye con la cercania de la oralidad. Su prosa evidencia la calidad literaria de una escritora potente que convierte una historia intima en experiencia colectiva. Corazon y cerebro, humor y dolor. Sin dramatismo ni cinismo, van emergiendo grandes temas, la relacion madre-hija, la hijidad, y la pregunta siempre abierta: amor, que es eso. O que era. Y que sera.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONCosta Ricas 2024 National Literature AwardA hundred years ago, she would have been considered a lovelorn woman. Today, she is a medicated woman.Please forgive me for what Im about to say. But I wonder, whom should I ask for that forgiveness? Im not one to talk to dead people; Im too afraid they might answer. I give up. I accept that theres something improper about telling the story of someone who kept their intimacy under lock and key. So, Ill push on. And I wont ask for forgiveness. Or forgive myself. A letter crosses the ocean and upends the stable order of a household. A fabulous chaos ensues, a flood of wine, music and laughter that channels the hurt and frustration of a woman who was never anyones top priority. That woman is the narrators mother. Catalina Murillo engrosses the reader in a narrative that has the intimacy of a story read aloud. In so doing, she reveals herself to be a powerful storyteller who turns a personal account into a collective experience. Heart and mind, humor and pain. Major themes emerge, without drama or cynicism: the mother-daughter relationship, childhood, and the eternal question: What is love? Or better, what was it? And what will it be? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Una mujer insignificante / An Insignificant Woman (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Publication Date: 2025
Language: Spanish
ISBN 10: 6073841744
ISBN 13: 9786073841740
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Premio Nacional de Literatura 2024 de Costa Rica
�Lo que hace cien a�os era una mujer enamorada, hoy es una mujer medicada�.

Pido perd�n por lo que a continuaci�n voy a relatar, pregunto. Aunque, �a qui�n podr�a ya pedirle perd�n? No tengo inclinaci�n a hablar con gente muerta, me espanta la posibilidad de que me respondan. Me rindo. Acepto que hay algo imp�dico en contar la vida de quien mantuvo su intimidad bajo llave. As� que me aguanto. Y no pido perd�n. Ni me perdono.

Una carta atraviesa el oc�ano y trastorna la r�gida estabilidad de un hogar. Se desencadena un caos fabuloso de vino, m�sica, risas, que va sacando a flote las heridas y frustraciones de una mujer que nunca fue la persona m�s importante para nadie. Esta es su historia, la vida de la madre de la narradora.

Catalina Murillo te lo cuenta al o�do, te va envolviendo en esa narraci�n que construye con la cercan�a de la oralidad. Su prosa evidencia la calidad literaria de una escritora potente que convierte una historia �ntima en experiencia colectiva. Coraz�n y cerebro, humor y dolor. Sin dramatismo ni cinismo, van emergiendo grandes temas, la relaci�n madre-hija, la "hijidad", y la pregunta siempre abierta: amor, qu� es eso. O qu� era. Y qu� ser�.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"A hundred years ago, she would have been considered a lovelorn woman. Today, she is a medicated woman."

Please forgive me for what I'm about to say. But I wonder, whom should I ask for that forgiveness? I'm not one to talk to dead people; I'm too afraid they might answer. I give up. I accept that there's something improper about telling the story of someone who kept their intimacy under lock and key. So, I'll push on. And I won't ask for forgiveness. Or forgive myself.

A letter crosses the ocean and upends the stable order of a household. A fabulous chaos ensues, a flood of wine, music and laughter that channels the hurt and frustration of a woman who was never anyone's top priority. That woman is the narrator's mother.

Catalina Murillo engrosses the reader in a narrative that has the intimacy of a story read aloud. In so doing, she reveals herself to be a powerful storyteller who turns a personal account into a collective experience. Heart and mind, humor and pain. Major themes emerge, without drama or cynicism: the mother-daughter relationship, childhood, and the eternal question: What is love? Or better, what was it? And what will it be?

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Catalina Murillo, Costa Rica, 1970. Nace en un taxi. De los siete a los diecisiete estudia en el Liceo Franco Costarricense. A los ocho a�os ten�a un peri�dico mural, El Espeluznante, en una pared de la casa. En la Universidad de Costa Rica estudia Comunicaci�n, sin saber qu� hacer con "ese gran talento tuyo", del cual no hab�a constancia. Fue salvada por la Escuela Internacional de Cine, Cuba. Ah� estudi� guion, y entendi� que contar historias era algo a lo que una pod�a dedicarse. De regreso a Costa Rica, publica Largo domingo cubano, cr�nica. Con veintiocho a�os renace en Madrid, donde vivi� un par de d�cadas, trabajando en teleseries y como profesora de guion y de escritura creativa en los Talleres Fuentetaja. De vuelta en Costa Rica, publica Tiembla, memoria, su libro m�s personal. Maybe Managua, novela que obtuvo el Premio Nacional de novela. Marzo todopoderoso y Elo�sa vertical, novela de no ficci�n. Su mayor pasi�n son sus talleres, Cata Oral. Toda su vida ha vivido de la palabra, escrita y hablada.

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