Justo antes del final / Right Before the End by Emiliano Monge (Spanish) Paperba

Description: Justo antes del final / Right Before the End by Emiliano Monge Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description De vuelta al territorio autobiográfico, Emiliano Monge ha conseguido en esta nueva novela algo que parecía imposible: una novela que es un retrato a la vez que un mural; el retrato de una madre y el mural del mundo en que vivimos.Esta es la historia de una mujer que se enfrentó a su tiempo y a su mundo, pero es también la historia de ese tiempo y de ese mundo: la segunda mitad del siglo XX y las primeras décadas del siglo en el que estamos. En Justo antes del final, la vida de la protagonista, una vida marcada por la invisibilidad, la enfermedad, la locura y las violencias, pero también por la resiliencia, la voluntad, los afectos y el cuidado de sí y de los otros, entra en tensión con algunos de los grandes acontecimientos de la vida pÚblica: la llegada de la píldora anticonceptiva, la invención de la cámara instantánea, el desarrollo de tratamientos para las enfermedades mentales, la carrera espacial y la carrera por la prótesis auditiva perfecta, el descubrimiento de la antimateria, el diagnóstico del espectro Asperger, las investigaciones para alargar la vida, el protocolo de Kioto… ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONEmiliano Monge has achieved in his new novel something that seemed impossible: Writing an autobiographical book that is both a portrait and a mural; the portrait of a mother and the mural of the world we live in. This is the story of a woman that challenged her time and the world. But it is also the story of such a time and such a world—the second half of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first. In Right Before the End, the protagonists life—a life marked by invisibility, sickness, insanity, and violence, but also by resilience, personal will, affections, and the care for oneself and others—comes into conflict with some of the greatest events in public life: the rise of the birth-control pill, the invention of the instant camera, the development of treatments for mental illnesses, the space race and the race for the perfect hearing prosthesis, the discovery of antimatter, the diagnosis of Aspergers spectrum disorders, research to prolong life, Kyotos protocol… Author Biography EMILIANO MONGE (Ciudad de México, 1978) es escritor. Ha publicado las novelas Morirse de memoria (2010), El cielo árido (Random House, 2012 / xxviii Premio Jaén de Novela y V Premio Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos), Las tierras arrasadas (Random House, 2015 / ix Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska y English PEN Award), No contar todo (Random House, 2018 / Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa para Obra Publicada) y Tejer la oscuridad (Random House, 2020), así como los libros de relatos Arrastrar esa sombra (2008) y La superficie más honda (2017). Su obra ha sido traducida a diversos idiomas y relatos suyos aparecen en diversas antologías, tanto en español como en otras lenguas. Es colaborador del diario El País. Details ISBN 6073816898 ISBN-13 9786073816892 Title Justo antes del final / Right Before the End Author Emiliano Monge Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 432 Publisher Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial GE_Item_ID:139233997; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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