by Ángeles Mastretta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432222573
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«La emoción de las cosas» is the novel by Ángeles Mastretta, published by Seix Barral in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
In «La emoción de las cosas», Ángeles Mastretta takes as her starting point the silence of her father, who fought in Italy during the Second World War, to reconstruct family memory starting with her grandparents and evoke her mother. The novel reflects on writing, motherhood, fear, religion, death and authors such as Jane Austen and Isak Dinesen.
The novel was published in 2014 and belongs to the Novela collection.
Ángeles Mastretta is a Mexican author, journalist, actress, and film producer. She is known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and political realities of Mexico in her life. She is a recipient of the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and the Mazatlán Prize for Literature for Best Book of the Year. Her book, Arráncame la vida was adapted into a movie, which won an Ariel Award in Mexico.
