by José Carlos Somoza · DEBOLSILLO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483465479
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«Fantasmas de papel» is the short story collection by José Carlos Somoza, published by Debolsillo in hardback, with 192 pages in Spanish.
It brings together unsettling stories about oblivion and death in everyday life: a museum attendant notices an unusual change in a painting, a painter identifies with her furniture, and a father carries intimate torments. It opens with the cases of Doctor Palomares, a blind physician, and closes with a tribute to Córdoba.
«Fantasmas de papel» belongs to the Best Seller collection, number 26200, and is the first edition, published in October 2007.
Aimed at readers of suspense and short stories who value an unsettling atmosphere.
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.
