Milena Busquets
Author of This Too Shall Pass
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La nevada del cucut 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1972
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Spain
- Country (for map)
- Spain
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Education
- University College, London
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- Works
- 8
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 483
- Popularity
- #51,118
- Rating
- 3.1
- Reviews
- 125
- ISBNs
- 50
- Languages
- 14
I could smell the Med at Cadaques and the fresh bread. Not much happens, little plot, but moments and musings, yet I wanted to pick the book up every evening and be back in Spain. Maybe it has a Catalonian sensibility, the painful loss she feels, the distanced lovers, her two young sons, close friendships with women, the warmth of the sun, the sleeplessness. Who is the narrator once she is no longer a daughter? "I will never be seen through your eyes again," she says in the imaginary conversation with her belated mother which threads through the book.
"A seductive voice" says the back of the book, a "summery, sexy , cool," "one of the most elegant books you'll read" declares the French paper. So the seductive elegance enticed me enough to finish the book in a day or two.
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