
Vidas perfectas
PRH/Literatura Random House, May 2017 | Perfect Lives
Press
«The novel starts with a bunch of masterfully addictive pages and ends with a gratifying and completely unsuspected outcome ... Perfect lives stands out by the deep journey into the dark side of the mind and the depth of the presented conflicts. A.J. Rodríguez, like only the best writers do, takes the risk of tackling an intense story of thought and ideas. It is a valuable credential to take into account for the future.»
Santos Sanz Villanueva, El Cultural
«We are clearly dealing with a writer with serious literary chops, who has come to shake things up.»
El Cultural
«An author who seems to have been around for a lifetime, writing with great flair.»
Eloy Fernández Porta
Synopsis
(Perfect Lives) Set against a noir plot straddling Japan and Spain, the author reflects on the fears of a middle class torn asunder by perpetual discontent. The doubts and disillusions caused by family, motherhood and work have left their mark on characters who, having entered the adult world, now stand poised on the brink.
The lifeless bodies of a couple of young Spanish tourists are found in the sauna of a Kyoto hotel. Both display signs of violence and brutality; she, meanwhile, was expecting their second child.
Xavier, friend of the couple, is taken aback by the news: Vera and Gael were the ideal married couple. Together with Mika, their adolescent daughter, they made for the perfect family. At least if social media is anything to go by… Leaving no stone unturned, Xavier and Mika will discover that Vera and Gael’s lives were a far cry from their public personas. With nothing to fall back on other than a desire to start afresh, the two must set social niceties to one side in order to seek solace in the most unlikely of places.
A novel about the lies we tell ourselves to survive and the need to find a way out when the envy of others is all we have left to cling to.
SPANISH & CATALAN LANGUAGE AUTHORS Fiction
- Ramón ANDRÉS
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Max BESORA
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Jordi ESTEVA
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Antonio GARCÍA ÁNGEL
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- Albert GASSULL
- David B. GIL
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Miguel MENA
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Aránzazu SERRANO LORENZO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI