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La pedra de paciència

La pedra de paciència

Sangué sabur
Literary Fiction
Pages
144
Published
2009
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

This is the Catalan translation of the novel 'The Patience Stone' by Atiq Rahimi. It tells the story of a woman in an unnamed war-torn country who decides to speak her mind to her comatose husband, revealing truths about their marriage and the harsh realities of her life. As she speaks, she finds a strange liberation in her confessions.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

ReflectiveThought-ProvokingEmotional

Genres

Literary Fiction

Authors

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Atiq Rahimi

Atiq Rahimi is an Afghan-French novelist and filmmaker, born in Kabul in 1962. He fled Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion and was granted political asylum in France in 1984, later becoming a dual French-Afghan citizen. His novel Syngué sabour (The Patience Stone) won the Prix Goncourt in 2008; he also wrote and directed its 2012 film adaptation. His other novels include Earth and Ashes (Terre et cendres) and A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear (Les Mille Maisons du rêve et de la terreur).

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Imma Estany Morros

Imma Estany Morros is a Catalan writer who focuses on clear, character-driven storytelling. She is best known for her work La pedra de paciència, which examines the internal lives