Libro de mis vidas: Como unas memorias – Margaret Atwood – Plastic Books
Libro de mis vidas: Como unas memorias – Margaret Atwood – Plastic Books

Libro de mis vidas: Como unas memorias – Margaret Atwood

SALAMANDRA
MARGARET ATWOOD, IRENE OLIVA LUQUE, ANTONIO PADILLA ESTEBAN, ANA MATA BUIL, RAQUEL LANSEROS SÁNCHEZ, FRANCISCO JOSÉ RAMOS MENA
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Pages
688 pp.
Language
Spanish
Publisher
Salamandra
Year
2025
ISBN
9788410340657
Dimensions
16.2 x 5.2 x 23.9 cm
Written by
Margaret Atwood, Irene Oliva Luque, Antonio Padilla Esteban, Ana Mata Buil, Raquel Lanseros Sánchez, and Francisco José Ramos Mena

The long-awaited memoirs of one of our most praised and influential cultural figures.

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life?

Dive into the creative universe of Margaret Atwood: a celebration of life, art, and everything that connects them. The greatest writer of our time tells her story.

Raised by scientifically minded and independent-spirited parents, Margaret Atwood spent much of her childhood in the remote forests of northern Quebec, far from social conventions. That nomadic and unbound childhood marked the beginning of an extraordinary path, which she narrates with clarity, irony, and wit, intertwining the decisive moments of her life with the works that have transformed contemporary narrative, such as Ojo de gato and El cuento de la criada. Poets, actors, bears, bohemian figures, and almost supernatural characters parade by, seeming to come straight from her fictions. With her characteristic sharpness and keen insight, Atwood reveals the delicate ties between experience and creation, and between reality and the written word. She also opens an intimate window into her relationship with the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and the emotional landscapes that nourished her writing.

Luminous, revealing, and deeply human, Libro de mis vidas is not only the chronicle of a unique journey but also a sharp reflection on what it means to write, remember, and transform experience into literature. A fascinating testimony from one of the most influential voices of our time.

“Margaret Atwood has titled her eagerly awaited memoir Libro de mis vidas because that is exactly what it is: the engaging, generous, and good-humored account of the lives that fate handed to someone always ready to downplay herself: from a wild childhood to a wandering youth; from awakening as the poet recently awarded the Premio Internacional Joan Margarit to the consecration as a novelist; and from maturity as the prophetic author of El cuento de la criada to the years of widowhood after the 2019 death of her second husband, Graeme Gibson, companion for almost a lifetime and father of her daughter. The book is also the story of a lost time: the history of the postwar generation and the evolution of customs in the second half of the 20th century, the triumphs and tribulations of feminism, and those Canadian letters that emerged, thanks to her and her contemporaries, in the hegemonic shadow of the United States.” – Iker Seisdedos, El País

About the author

Margaret Atwood (Ottawa, 1939) is one of the most recognized writers on the international scene. A prolific author translated into more than forty languages, she has cultivated various literary genres. Among her works are the novels Por último, el corazón, Alias Grace, El cuento de la criada, Los testamentos, Oryx y Crake, El año del Diluvio, Maddaddam, Ojo de gato, and El asesino ciego, the short story collection Nueve cuentos malvados, and the essays Penélope y las doce criadas and Cuestiones candentes, among others. She has received awards such as the Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, the Governor General's Award, the Order of Arts and Letters, the Booker Prize (twice), the Montale Prize, the Nelly Sachs Prize, the Giller Prize, the National Arts Club Literary Award, the International Franz Kafka Prize, and the Peace Prize of the German Booksellers Association.

Title
Libro de mis vidas: Como unas memorias – Margaret Atwood
Author
Margaret Atwood, Irene Oliva Luque, Antonio Padilla Esteban, Ana Mata Buil, Raquel Lanseros Sánchez, Francisco José Ramos Mena
Publisher
Salamandra
Year
2025
Language
Español
Pages
688 pp.
Binding
Paperback book
ISBN
9788410340657
Categories
Ensayos , Biografías y autobiografías
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