by Elena Medel · Meridiaan Uitgevers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789493169494
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«De wonderen» is the novel by Elena Medel, published in 2022 by Meridiaan Uitgevers in paperback (222 pages, in Dutch).
A novel about money, its absence, and how it shapes women's lives. María and Alicia, grandmother and granddaughter who have never met, look for work in Madrid in different eras; María cleans and cares for homes to send money to her daughter, and Alicia, raised in abundance, ends up in precarious jobs. A saga of class, history, and feminism.
Originally published as «Las maravillas» in 2020 and translated into Dutch by Heleen Oomen; the work won the Francisco Umbral Prize for Book of the Year.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction with an interest in narratives about social class and feminism.
Elena Medel is a Spanish poet based in Madrid. She has published many collections of poetry, and is the editorial director of La Bella Varsovia, now an imprint of the publishing house Anagrama.
