by Álvaro Pombo · Editorial Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467223873
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«La fortuna de Matilda Turpin» is the novel by Álvaro Pombo that won the Planeta Prize 2006, published by Editorial Planeta in hardback (448 pages, in Spanish).
The action begins and ends in an elegant house on a cliff in Lobreña, a fictional place in northern Spain. Matilda Turpin, a wealthy woman married to a philosophy professor, decides to change her life after thirteen years of marriage and three children and embarks on a career in high finance. Her decision has a personal and professional cost, and the novel asks whether the couple's life projects can coexist with the common marital project and at what point one realises one has made a mistake.
Contemporary fiction novel published by Editorial Planeta in its Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos collection, with 448 pages in hardback and a Spanish-language edition. The cover indicates the Planeta Prize 2006; Goodreads records 444 pages for the Círculo de Lectores edition, while Planeta and eISBNdb maintain 448.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in character-driven novels that address ambition, marriage and family life, as well as the award-winning work of an established Spanish author.
Álvaro Pombo García de los Ríos is a Spanish poet, novelist and activist.
