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by Elizabeth Taylor · Libros del Asteroide · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788410178380
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«Prohibido morir aquí» is the novel by Elizabeth Taylor, published by Libros del Asteroide in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
Recently widowed, Laura Palfrey leaves the countryside and settles into the Claremont Hotel in London, where she lives among eccentric retirees. There she meets a young writer and strikes up an unexpected friendship. The novel explores loneliness and the eccentricities of old age with irony, compassion, and precise observations of everyday life.
Originally published in 1971 as «Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont», it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. This Spanish edition, translated by Ernesto Montequin, is number 338 in the Libros del Asteroide collection.
For readers of twentieth-century British fiction who value portraits of everyday characters with irony and sensitivity.
Elizabeth Taylor was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated". Her 1971 novel Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont was shortlisted for The Booker Prize.
