by Carmen Martín Gaite · Editorial RBA, Colección Nueva Narrativa, 1999, Barcelona. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788447315154
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«Irse de casa» is the novel by Carmen Martín Gaite, published by RBA in paperback (252 pages, in Spanish).
Amparo Miranda, a fashion designer based in New York, returns to the provincial city she left forty years ago. Amparo does not come back out of nostalgia or to show off her successes, but to piece together a personal story full of silences. During her week in the city, other intertwined conversations and lives converge.
Work included in RBA's Nueva Narrativa collection. Winner of the San Clemente Prize in 1999.
A work for readers of contemporary Spanish fiction, attentive to memory, identity and reunions.
Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
