by José Carlos Somoza · Actes Sud · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330135713
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«Clara et la pénombre» is the psychological thriller by José Carlos Somoza, published by Actes Sud in paperback, in French.
In the near future, art has left the canvas and is exhibited on human bodies: Clara is one of those living works who endures long sessions of immobility in the most prestigious galleries. When a series of brutal murders strikes that world of extreme aesthetics, the line between creation and depravity begins to blur.
French translation by Marianne Millon; part of the Babel noir collection from Actes Sud.
For readers of psychological thrillers and crime fiction interested in the ethics of art and dehumanization.
José Carlos Somoza Ortega is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for being from a bourgeoisie class. His family proved to be in difficult financial situation after having moved to Spain because they had been forbidden to take anything along except their child. And there were a lot of friends who helped them a lot during their first years in Spain. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to become a full-time writer in 1994. Since 1994 he made his first steps in writing and sent his works to the different literature competitions, to magazines and publishers all over Spain. And his first book was published the same year. When his fifth novel The Cave of Ideas obtained an international acknowledge, he realized that he had chosen the right route in his life.
