Don de gentes

Between 2006 and 2011, Elvira Lindo wrote a series of columns for El País from Madrid and New York, forming a kind of unintentional diary, a chronicle of a time in full transformation. Her gaze falls naturally on popular culture and high culture, on the famous and the unknown. These pieces display her true gift: a blend of curiosity, irony, and empathy that allows her to put herself in others' shoes without losing sight of her own contradictions. Elvira Lindo portrays a vibrant era and also captures, through her writing, the world that was to come: the overexposure, the polarization, the nostalgia as a refuge, and the triumph of individualism are already perceptible. In Don de gentes (Gift of People), she confirms herself as one of the best columnists in Spain, thanks to her lucidity, her approachability, and her formidable ability to narrate life.