Quince Anos - by Vigdis Hjorth (Paperback)

About the Book

The calm in Paula's life is shattered the summer she discovers the pile of letters her mother has written to her grandmother. The life her mother describes in the letters is unrecognizable: she says her sister Elisabet did well on her exams, when in fact she failed them; she says Elisabet sang a solo in the Christmas recital, which she didn't; and she says her father has been promoted to head of her office. Paula is barely mentioned. Her mother's pretense shocks Paula, who is now surrounded by lies invented by an adult. How should she relate to her mother? Who can she possibly be in the family now? Paula is about to become a teenager, and the world opens up before her as a place both terrible and wonderful.

About the Author

Vigdis Hjorth (Oslo, 1959) Es una de las novelistas noruegas más importantes de la actualidad. Ha vivido en Oslo, Copenhague, Bergen, Suiza y Francia. Estudió Filosofía, Ciencias Políticas y Literatura. Con La herencia (2016), ganadora del Premio de los Libreros de Noruega, Premio de la Crítica y nominada para el prestigioso Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico, ha sido su libro más exitoso. La novela se convirtió en una de las obras más aclamadas por la crítica y uno de los fenómenos editoriales más relevantes de los últimos años en Noruega.