Objetos Perdidos (Novela) / Lost and Found (a Novel) - Suárez, Karla

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Résumé :
Giselle has sacrificed everything for her dream: to be a dancer. A dream that seems to escape her. After a bitter argument with her boyfriend and the theft of her purse, she finds herself alone and lost in the city of Barcelona, far from her home of Cuba. Her only hope is to find a Cuban friend whom she only knows lives somewhere near the Sagrada Familia. For three days, Giselle sleeps on the streets, trying to find a way to get her life back together while she takes stock of the price she has paid to achieve her dream.--Cataloger's approximate translation of the Spanish summary from publisher....

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Karla Su?rez (La Habana, 1969) ha publicado las novelas El hijo del h?roe, Habana a?o cero, La viajera y Silencios, que conforman la serie Sinfon?a Habanera. Tambi?n ha escrito libros de cuentos y de cr?nicas de viaje. Entre otros reconocimientos obtuvo el Premio Carbet del Caribe, el English PEN Translates Award, el Premio Lengua de Trapo, el Premio Iberoamericano de Cuento Julio Cort?zar y en 2007 form? parte de la lista de j?venes autores de Bogot? 39. Sus cuentos y novelas han sido traducidos a una docena de idiomas. Actualmente reside en Lisboa, donde coordina el Club de Lectura del Instituto Cervantes y es profesora de la Escuela de Escritores de Madrid.

Karla Su?rez (Havana, 1969). She has published the novels El hijo del h?roe (The Hero's Son), Habana a?o cero (Havana Year Zero), La viajera (The Traveler), and Silencios (Silences), which make up the series Sinfon?a Habanera (Habanera Symphony). She has also written short story collections and travel chronicles. Among other recognitions, she has received the Carbet Prize of the Caribbean, the English PEN Translates Award, the Lengua de Trapo Prize, the Julio Cort?zar Ibero-American Short Story Prize, and in 2007, she was part of the Bogot? 39 list of young authors. Her short stories and novels have been translated into a dozen languages. She currently resides in Lisbon, where she coordinates the Reading Club at the Instituto Cervantes and is a professor at the Escuela de Escritores in Madrid.