Translation Rights TQE / Stations On the Way

Perhaps the true emotional experiences, those that are never forgotten, are the ones that take place during adolescence, that fragile territory in which one approaches adult life for the first time. Estaciones de paso gathers the stories of five adolescents that live overwhelming circumstances that, without suspecting it, will shape them as adults. These are stories of determination and courage, of family conflicts, but also of love, of sentimental education, and of the formation of a conscience.

Like the boy who tells about his tragedy while narrating a game of soccer in  Demonstrating the Existence of God. Or the young woman who feels heir to a gift and a legendary skill in Tobacco and Black. Or Carlos, as he remembers the summer vacation when he first became politically compromised in The Captain of the Single File.  Or Maite, who cooks up her interior confusion while she takes care of her invalid father in Summer Recipe. Or Thomas, who manages to seduce a woman so beautiful that she is pure music in Mozart, Brahms, and Corelli.

Almudena Grandes offers a gallery of unforgettable young adults, who are confused and disoriented, but convinced about the need to get ahead. And they are brought to life with excuses as different as soccer, bullfighting, politics, cooking, or music…

Almudena Grandes was born in Madrid in 1960. She became widely recognized as a writer in 1989 with her novel Las edades de Lulú, which won the XI Sonrisa Vertical Prize. She has been accompanied by the acclaim of readers and critics ever since. She’s the author of ten novels and two books of short stories that have confirmed her as one of the most solid and internationally-known narrators in recent Spanish literature. Many of her works have been taken to the big screen, and her novel, El corazón helado, one of the most acclaimed and long-lasting successes in current Spanish literature, has received, among other awards, the Fundación Lara Prize, the prizes of the booksellers in Madrid and Seville, the Rapallo Carige in Italy and the Prix Méditerranée in France. Her previous novel Inés y la alegría was awarded the Critic’s Prize in Madrid 2011 and the Elena Poniatowska Prize 2011 and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize 2011, both in Mexico.