by Nick Hornby · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433979568
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«Funny Girl» is the novel by Nick Hornby, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (408 pages, in Spanish).
In mid-1960s London, a young woman from Blackpool who wants to be an actress reinvents herself as Sophie Straw and lands the lead in a BBC comedy. The novel charts her rise and the daily lives of writers, actors and producers, pitting television fiction against real life in Swinging London.
Translation by Jesús Zulaika. Number 925 in the Panorama de narrativas collection. Originally published in English in 2014; Spanish edition 2016.
Novel for readers of contemporary fiction interested in British pop culture and 1960s London.
Nicholas Peter John Hornby is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998), all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists. His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide as of 2018. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Hornby was named the 29th most influential person in British culture. He has received two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for An Education (2009), and Brooklyn (2015).
