by Elena Medel · La Croisée · tapa dura · ISBN 9782413043355
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«Les Merveilles» is the novel by Elena Medel, published by La Croisée in hardback (224 pages, in French).
Set in Madrid, the novel follows two women separated by half a century: María, who in 1969 abandons her family to serve wealthier people, and Alicia, who in 2018 struggles to get by in a precarious job and relationship. Through their trajectories, Elena Medel weaves the intimate with the political and reflects on money, its absence, and how it conditions people's lives.
Originally published in Spanish as «Las maravillas» in 2020. The French edition includes a translation by Lise Belperron.
For readers interested in contemporary fiction with a social and gender perspective.
Elena Medel is a Spanish poet based in Madrid. She has published many collections of poetry, and is the editorial director of La Bella Varsovia, now an imprint of the publishing house Anagrama.
