SPANISH & CATALAN LANGUAGE AUTHORS
NARRATIVA
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- Xuan BELLO
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- Juan BONILLA
- Dolors BORAU
- Javier CALVO
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Pedro FEIJOO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Antonio GARCÍA ÁNGEL
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- Albert GASSULL
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Menchu GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Lourdes IGLESIAS
- Sebastià JOVANI
- Use LAHOZ
- Sonia LAREDO
- José Carlos LLOP
- Pedro MAIRAL
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Miguel MENA
- Cristina MORALES
- Fabiola MORALES
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Emma RIVEROLA
- Félix ROMEO
- Fernando ROYUELA
- Màrius SERRA
- Jordi SOLER
- Ramon SOLSONA
- Andrés TRAPIELLO
- David TRUEBA
- Ángela VALLVEY
- Ignacio VIDAL-FOLCH
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI
Fernando ROYUELA
Violeta en el cielo con diamantes
Alfaguara, 2005
(Violet in the Sky with Diamonds) When the parents of the narrator and protagonist of this novel tell him that they are going to spend the summer in a spa in Galicia, he never imagines that this will be the most fascinating vacation of his life. There he will meet Isaac, Maria and Violet, an older girl thanks to whom he will experience the awakening of first passions, suffer the typical frustrations of puberty and be introduced to the magical effects of LSD. Fernando Royuela transports us to the unique and boundless moment of life that is the beginning of adolescence in a novel set in the historical frame of 1969, the year when man arrived on the moon and, in Spain, when Franco’s successor was chosen.
(Spain, Alfaguara / Club: Bertelsmann)
«A delicious tale (…) reminiscent of the best prose of the 19th century.» A. J. Ubero, Diario de Valencia
«A story that is rich in adventure (…) an exemplary piece of prose – inventive and with a significant metaphoric flow (…) absolutely brilliant (…) one of the best novels of the year» Miguel García-Posada, ABC
«A novel filled with empathy and humour» Xavi Ayén, La Vanguardia
«A great novel (…) a good book (…) dazzling lights (…) read and enjoy it » Jaime Noguera, La Gaceta de los Negocios
«…a writer with his own particular view (…) a delight!» Ana Rodríguez Fischer, Letras libres