The Frozen Heart
A sweeping epic that will grip you from the first page
$42.63
- Paperback
800 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2011
Summary
Julio Carrion Gonzalez, a man of tremendous wealth and influence in Madrid, has come home to be buried. But as the family stand by the graveside, his son Alvaro notices the arrival of a stranger - a young and attractive woman. No one appears to know who she is, or why she is there.
Alvaro’s questions only deepen when the family inherits an enormous amount of money that is a surprise even to them. In his father’s study Alvaro discovers an old folder with letters sent to his father in R…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753823132 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753823136 |
| Author: | Almudena Grandes |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 800 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 158mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Phoenix |
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Critics Review
This novel confirms Almudena Grandes as one of Spain’s leading writers … this is a hugely intelligent, wise novel. It also tells a gripping story– Sunday Telegraph on The Wind from the East
Almudena Grandes is one of the most entertaining and powerful literary novelists now writing in Spanish. The Frozen Heart is a great book - one of the most fully engaged and compelling stories I’ve ever read – Peter Florence, Director, Hay on Wye Festival
One of the great writers of our time – Mario Vargas Llosa
More Iberian ardour … focusing on the high passions an easterly wind provokes in the inhabitants of a small cooastal town * Financial Times on The Wind from the East *
Most of this story is set in the past, as the events of the present are refracted through continual flashbacks of Juan and Sara’s earlier lives … steadily filled in with intense psychological detail … the dexterity with which Grandes is able to unpick psychological states makes for a convincing and moving book * The Times on The Wind from the East *
Into the rich mix Grandes throws some classic ingredients of fairy-tales and fables … Grandes never lets the pace slacken, combining a cracking story with convincing characterisation and good detail * Daily Telegraph on The Wind from the East *
This novel confirms Almudena Grandes as one of Spain’s leading writers … this is a hugely intelligent, wise novel. It also tells a gripping story * Sunday Telegraph on The Wind from the East *
About The Author
Almudena Grandes
Almudena Grandes is one of Spain’s top-selling authors. Her first book, The Ages of Lulu, sold over a million copies worldwide and was translated in 21 languages. Two of her books have been made into films and two more films have been contracted.
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