Overview
DORIS LESSING INÉDITA
Un memoir «implacable e impecable» (L'Hebdo) en el que transforma sus confidencias en espejo de toda una época.
«¿De qué carnicería emocional nace un escritor? [...] Implacable e impecable. [...] ¡Qué impactante, y qué manera tan bella de despedirnos de una de las escritoras más libres! Breve, límpido e intenso».
—Isabelle Falconnier, L’Hebdo
En este memoir, inédito hasta ahora en castellano, la Premio Nobel británica evoca sus orígenes para reconstruir, con lucidez y sin indulgencia, la historia de su familia y, en particular, la compleja relación con su madre. Mediante ese vínculo atravesado por la incomprensión y la distancia, la autora traza el retrato de una mujer formada en la Inglaterra victoriana que, lejos de la vida que soñó, acaba en un remoto rincón de África junto a un marido decidido a establecer su propia granja.
Elogiada por la crítica como una obra de gran virtuosismo, Hijas impertinentes es «implacable e impecable, [...] breve, límpida e intensa» y muestra «de qué carnicería emocional nace un escritor» (L’Hebdo). Un texto inolvidable que ilumina la intimidad de una de las voces más destacadas de la literatura contemporánea y que ofrece una extraordinaria puerta de entrada a su universo. Completa la edición «Cómo no ganar el Premio Nobel» (2007), su discurso de recepción del galardón.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
UNPUBLISHED WORKS BY DORIS LESSING
A memoir that is “relentless and impeccable” (L’Hebdo) in which she transforms her personal confessions into a mirror of an entire era.
“From what emotional carnage is a writer born? [...] Relentless and impeccable. [...] How striking, and what a beautiful way to bid farewell to one of the freest writers! Brief, lucid, and intense.”
Isabelle Falconnier, L’Hebdo
In this memoir, never-before published in Spanish, the British Nobel Prize winner reflects on her origins to reconstruct, with lucidity and without indulgence, the history of her family and, in particular, her complicated relationship with her mother. Through that bond, fraught with misunderstanding and distance, the author paints a portrait of a woman raised in Victorian England who, far from the life she dreamed of, ends up in a remote corner of Africa alongside a husband determined to establish his own farm.
Praised by critics as a work of great virtuosity, Impertinent Daughters is “relentless and impeccable, [...] brief, lucid, and intense” and reveals “the emotional carnage from which a writer is born” (L’Hebdo). An unforgettable text that sheds light on the inner world of one of the most prominent voices in contemporary literature and offers an extraordinary gateway into her universe. The edition is rounded out by “How Not to Win the Nobel Prize” (2007), her acceptance speech for the award.
Un memoir «implacable e impecable» (L'Hebdo) en el que transforma sus confidencias en espejo de toda una época.
«¿De qué carnicería emocional nace un escritor? [...] Implacable e impecable. [...] ¡Qué impactante, y qué manera tan bella de despedirnos de una de las escritoras más libres! Breve, límpido e intenso».
—Isabelle Falconnier, L’Hebdo
En este memoir, inédito hasta ahora en castellano, la Premio Nobel británica evoca sus orígenes para reconstruir, con lucidez y sin indulgencia, la historia de su familia y, en particular, la compleja relación con su madre. Mediante ese vínculo atravesado por la incomprensión y la distancia, la autora traza el retrato de una mujer formada en la Inglaterra victoriana que, lejos de la vida que soñó, acaba en un remoto rincón de África junto a un marido decidido a establecer su propia granja.
Elogiada por la crítica como una obra de gran virtuosismo, Hijas impertinentes es «implacable e impecable, [...] breve, límpida e intensa» y muestra «de qué carnicería emocional nace un escritor» (L’Hebdo). Un texto inolvidable que ilumina la intimidad de una de las voces más destacadas de la literatura contemporánea y que ofrece una extraordinaria puerta de entrada a su universo. Completa la edición «Cómo no ganar el Premio Nobel» (2007), su discurso de recepción del galardón.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
UNPUBLISHED WORKS BY DORIS LESSING
A memoir that is “relentless and impeccable” (L’Hebdo) in which she transforms her personal confessions into a mirror of an entire era.
“From what emotional carnage is a writer born? [...] Relentless and impeccable. [...] How striking, and what a beautiful way to bid farewell to one of the freest writers! Brief, lucid, and intense.”
Isabelle Falconnier, L’Hebdo
In this memoir, never-before published in Spanish, the British Nobel Prize winner reflects on her origins to reconstruct, with lucidity and without indulgence, the history of her family and, in particular, her complicated relationship with her mother. Through that bond, fraught with misunderstanding and distance, the author paints a portrait of a woman raised in Victorian England who, far from the life she dreamed of, ends up in a remote corner of Africa alongside a husband determined to establish his own farm.
Praised by critics as a work of great virtuosity, Impertinent Daughters is “relentless and impeccable, [...] brief, lucid, and intense” and reveals “the emotional carnage from which a writer is born” (L’Hebdo). An unforgettable text that sheds light on the inner world of one of the most prominent voices in contemporary literature and offers an extraordinary gateway into her universe. The edition is rounded out by “How Not to Win the Nobel Prize” (2007), her acceptance speech for the award.
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