En el camping

Two old friends, estranged by time, share a bewilderment at a world they understand less and less; an unanswered phone call has marked a life; an elderly woman staying at her daughter's house witnesses the amorous escapades of the building's doorman and a maid… These are some of the stories Soledad Puértolas tells in this collection of ten splendid short stories. In these brief pieces, distant relatives also reappear, along with a bust of Miguel Servet, a reunion at a campsite during a summer in Galicia, in a spot on the Rías Baixas… In these texts, the author demonstrates her refined mastery of observing and narrating life, of delving into the human soul with an apparent lightness. These pages contain subtle doses of distillation and refinement, and a prose that flows with astonishing naturalness. A new example of Soledad Puértolas' splendid maturity and her prodigious handling of close-up shots.