Almudena Grandes
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| - | '''Almudena Grandes Hernández''' (Madrid, 7 May 1960) is a [[Spanish writer]]. | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
| + | "She let her fingers, with their extremely long nails, painted dark red, the colour of dried blood, slide slowly up and down, leaving light whitish traces behind them, marking out her territory. He, meanwhile, was kneading the pale flesh with one hand, pinching and stretching it, pressing marks into the skin. Neither of them let their tongue pause even for a moment."--''[[The Ages of Lulu]]'' (1989) by Almudena Grandes | ||
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| - | She studied [[Geography]] and [[History]] at the [[Universidad Complutense de Madrid]]. She is married to the poet [[Luis García Montero]]. In 1989 she won the ''La Sonrisa Vertical'' prize with her erotic novel ''Las edades de Lulú'', which has been translated into several languages. [[Bigas Luna]] made a movie based on this book, as did [[Gerardo Herrero]] with ''Malena es un nombre de tango'' and [[Juan Vicente Córdoba]] with ''El lenguaje de los balcones'' in his film ''Aunque tú no lo sepas''. | + | '''María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández''' (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a [[Spanish writer]] perhaps best-known for her novel ''[[The Ages of Lulu]]'' (1989). |
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| - | Her books speak about the Spanish people in the last quarter of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st century. She shows in them a great realism and an intense psychological introspection. | + | |
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| - | ==Books== | + | |
| - | ===Novels=== | + | |
| - | * ''[[Las edades de Lulú]]'' (Tusquets, 1989) (ISBN 84-7223-748-6) | + | |
| - | * ''Te llamaré Viernes'' (Tusquets, 1991) (ISBN 84-7223-835-0) | + | |
| - | * ''Malena es un nombre de tango'' (Tusquets, 1994) (ISBN 84-8310-655-8) | + | |
| - | * ''Atlas de geografía humana'' (Tusquets, 1998) (ISBN 84-8310-073-8) | + | |
| - | * ''Los aires difíciles'' (Tusquets, 2002) (ISBN 84-8310-195-5) | + | |
| - | * ''Castillos de cartón'' (Tusquets, 2004) (ISBN 84-8310-259-5) | + | |
| - | * ''El corazón helado'' (Tusquets, 2007) (ISBN 9788483103739) | + | |
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| - | ===Short story collections=== | + | |
| - | * ''Modelos de mujer'' (Tusquets, 1996) (ISBN 84-8310-602-7) | + | |
| - | * ''Mercados de Barceló'', 2003 (ISBN 84-8310-881-X) | + | |
| - | * ''Estaciones de paso'' (Tusquets, 2005) (ISBN 84-8310-312-5) | + | |
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María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer perhaps best-known for her novel The Ages of Lulu (1989).
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