Author: Carmen Martin Gaite
- Fiction
- Anagrama
- ISBN: 9788433976109
- Release Date: 08-31-2013
Synopsis
Sofía Montalvo y Mariana León fueron amigas en el colegio. Sofía se ha visto atrapada en una oscura existencia de esposa y madre de familia. Mariana, cuya trayectoria amorosa resulta más confusa que apasionada, ha logrado convertirse en una brillante psiquiatra. Al cabo de más de treinta años, el azar las hace coincidir en un cóctel y el recuerdo de su amistad desencadena en ambas una revolución interior. Mariana evoca la afición de Sofía por las palabras, animándola a escribir. Con la sensación de quien se dispone a ordenar el cuarto donde se amontonan los miedos, objetos, presencias y fantasías, Sofía estrenará su primer cuaderno. Entretanto, Mariana se ha marchado de Madrid sin avisar a nadie y compone para Sofía cartas que no se atreve a echar al correo y en las que va tomando el pulso a su desintegración psicológica. Con esta novela la autora logró una de las obras maestras más celebradas de la literatura española contemporánea.
Sofía Montalvo and Mariana León were friends at school. Sofía has since been trapped in a dark existence as a wife and mother of a family. Mariana, whose love life has turned out to be much more confusing than passionate, has managed to become a brilliant psychiatrist. After more than thirty years, chance brings them together at a cocktail party and the memory of their friendship causes them both to undergo an inner revolution. Mariana brings Sofía's passion for words to the surface, encouraging her to write. With the feeling of someone who has prepared to tidy up a room full of their fears, aims, presences and fantasies, Sofía for the first time begins to keep a diary. In the meantime, Mariana has left Madrid without telling anybody and writes Sofía letters that she does not dare to send, in which she documents her psychological disintegration. With this novel its author created one of the most celebrated masterpieces of contemporary Spanish literature.
