by Pedro Ugarte · Algaida Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498779967
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«El país del dinero» is the contemporary fiction novel by Pedro Ugarte, published by Algaida Editores in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Jorge, a salaried worker living with his mother, oscillates between his bourgeois origins and his precarious job. His friend Simón, a wealthy and conceited young man, introduces him to Sharon, a humble woman who fascinates him and seems dangerous; Simón warns him that she will end up destroying him. The plot serves as an allegory of the housing bubble and the crisis that followed.
The work belongs to the Algaida Literaria - Eco collection. It won the 5th Logroño Novel Prize and was published on 12 June 2014.
A novel for readers of contemporary fiction in Spanish interested in stories with social and critical undertones.
Pedro Ugarte Tamayo is a Spanish writer and columnist. He was born in Bilbao and studied law at the Universidad de Deusto. He now teaches at the Universidad del País Vasco. He has also worked with Radio Euskadi and contributed columns to the Basque edition of El País. He has written many works of fiction, spanning novels and short stories. His debut novel Los cuerpos de las nadadoras was nominated for the Premio Herralde, while his most recent novel El país del dinero won the Premio Logroño de Novela in 2011. His work has been translated into Italian, French, German and Polish.
