by Carme Riera · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420428765
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«La mitad del alma» is the suspense novel by Carme Riera, published by Alfaguara in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
The narrator receives documents that cast doubt on her identity and origins. With real avenues exhausted, she asks the reader for help in clarifying the disappearance of Cecilia Balaguer, also known as Celia Ballester, in Portbou in January 1960.
Originally written in Catalan as «La meitat de l'ànima», it was translated into Spanish by the author herself and won the 2003 Sant Jordi Prize. It belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection.
For readers of suspense and mystery novels who enjoy plots that engage the reader and stories about identity and family past.
Carme Riera Guilera is a novelist and essayist. She has also written short stories, scripts for radio and television and literary criticism. She holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology and is a professor of Spanish literature at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
