Name: Sigo Aqui (in Spanish)
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Author: Maggie O'Farrell

Type

Physical Book

Author

Maggie O'Farrell

Publisher

Libros Del Asteroide

Collection

Libros del Asteroide

Year

2019

Language

Spanish

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9788417007713

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Sigo Aqui (in Spanish)"

Un parto se complica mas alla de lo razonable; a una nina le diagnostican una enfermedad incurable que la tiene encamada durante mas de un ano; una adolescente es agredida por un extrano mientras pasea por el campo; el avion en el que una joven viaja a Asia se precipita al vacio; una mujer se salva por los pelos de ser atropellada. Estos son algunos de los episodios rsucedidos en distintos momentos de su vida y en diversos paisesr que Maggie OrFarrell recoge en este particularisimo libro autobiografico. Diecisiete roces con la muerte; como los llama su autora; que pudieron terminar en desastre; diecisiete momentos clave de su vida que revelan una manera de ser y estar en el mundo. Sigo aqui es un libro sincero que huyendo de lo sentimental anima al lector a interrogarse sobre las cosas que verdaderamente cuentan; a reflexionar sobre la fragilidad de nuestra existencia y a celebrar la belleza y el milagro de la vida. ´Todo el mundo deberia leerlo (r) Puedo contar con los dedos de una mano los libros que me han hecho llorar; Sigo aqui es uno de ellos.´ Claire Kilroy (The Irish Times) ´Nunca habia leido un libro sobre la muerte que me haya hecho sentirme tan viva. Una lectura adictiva que te para el corazon.´ Tracy Chevalier ´Un recordatorio estremecedor y penetrante de cuan cerca estamos de lo que podria haber pasado pero no paso.´ Dani Shapiro (The New York Times)

Maggie O'Farrell

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Maggie O’Farrell (1972 in Coleraine, Northern Ireland), grew up in Wales and Scotland after moving with her family at the age of two. At eight years old, she suffered a severe encephalitis that kept her hospitalized and away from school for more than a year, an experience that deeply influenced her life and work. She studied English Literature at Cambridge and worked as a journalist in Hong Kong and London before fully dedicating herself to writing. She currently lives in Edinburgh.

Her work is characterized by the psychological depth of her characters and original narrative. Among her most famous novels are, After You’d Gone (2000), her literary debut, winner of the Betty Trask Award; The Hand That First Held Mine (2010), awarded the Costa Novel Award; and Hamnet (2020), an international bestseller and winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, which fictionalizes the life of William Shakespeare’s family.

Her work has been translated into more than 30 languages and has received numerous international accolades.

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