by Susanna Tamaro · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432231360
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«La cabeza en las nubes» is the contemporary fiction novel by Susanna Tamaro, published by Seix Barral in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
Ruben, a red-haired teenager, accidentally wounds his strict tutor with a javelin and flees. From guide to a blind woman to film double or galley hand on a sinking ship, he takes on various trades before setting off for America. The journey is a lesson in hardship, camaraderie and deceit, with a curious, attentive eye.
First novel by Susanna Tamaro, winner of the Elsa Morante Prize; translated by Atilio Pentimalli Melacrino. Original title: La testa fra le nuvole.
For readers of Italian fiction and coming-of-age stories: the picaresque tone and brevity invite a brisk read.
Susanna Tamaro is an Italian novelist and film director. She is an author of novels, stories, magazine articles, and children's literature. Her novel Va' dove ti porta il cuore was a worldwide bestseller, translated into 44 languages and awarded with the 1994 Premio Donna Città di Roma.
