EL OÍDO LECTOR: EL ARTE DE HILAR HISTORIAS
THE READER'S EAR: THE ART OF SPINNING A YARN
Date
21 February 2013
Venue
Casa del Lector
Location
Sala de Prensa [Press Room]
Price
Admission free. Limited seating.
Institution
Casa del Lector
June 16, 1816, a group of legendary writers gathered around the chimney in the drawing room at Villa Diodati, next to Lake Léman, and set about making up horror stories.
At that gathering, within the mind of the only woman present there, was born the most terrifying tale of loneliness and desire for love ever given to us by literature: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus.
Many have tried to conjur up the magic of that unrepeatable night. The latest to do so are the Hijos de Mary Shelley [Sons of Mary Shelley].
The radio program “El arte de hilar historias” [The Art of Spinning a Yarn], part of the project by Casa del lector “El oído lector” [The Reader's Ear], welcomes two notable “sons of Mary Shelley", who delight us with their best stories
Website
Fernando Marías
In 1975 he moved to Madrid to study film and settled in the city. He got his start in the narrative form writing scripts for television, among them the noteworthy series of faux documentaries Páginas ocultas de la historia [Hidden Pages In History]. In 1990 he wrote his first novel La luz prodigiosa [The Prodigious Light], thus launching his career as a novelist. His narrative work includes: La luz prodigiosa (1990), Esta noche moriré [Tonight I'm Going to Die] (1992), Páginas ocultas de la historia (1997), coauthored with fellow Bilbao writer Juan Bas, Los fabulosos hombres película [The Fantastic Movie Men (1998), El niño de los coroneles [The Colonels' Boy] (2001), La batalla de Matxitxako [The Battle of Matxitxako] (2001), La mujer de las alas grises [The Woman with the Grey Wings] (2003), Invasor [Invader] (2004), Premio Dulce Chacón in Spanish Narrative, 2005, Cielo abajo [Sky Below] (2005), El mundo se acaba todos los días [The World Ends Every Day] (2005), Zara y el librero de Bagdad [Zara and the Baghdad Bookseller] (2008), Premio Gran Angular, 2008, Todo el amor y casi toda la muerte [All of the Love and Most of the Death] (2010), Premio Primavera, 2010, El silencio se mueve [Silence Is Moving] (2010). Luisgé Martín (Madrid, 1962) has a BA in Spanish Philology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and an MBA from IE Business School. On the literary front, he has published the collections of stories Los oscuros [The Dark Ones] (Alfaguara, 1990) and El alma del erizo [The Soul of the Hedgehog] (Alfaguara, 2002); the novels La dulce ira [Sweet Wrath] (Alfaguara, 1995), La muerte de Tadzio [The Death of Tadzio] (Alfaguara, 2000, winner of the Premio Ramón Gómez de la Serna), Los amores confiados [Trusting Love] (Alfaguara, 2005) and Las manos cortadas [Hands Cut] (Alfaguara, 2009); and the collection of letters Amante del sexo busca pareja morbosa [Sex Lover Seeks Kinky Partner] (Temas de Hoy, 2002). He has contributed, as well, to various collections of stories from different authors. In 2009 he won the Premio Antonio Machado for the story “Los años más felices” [The Happiest Years], and in 2012 he was awarded the Premio Mario Vargas Llosa for “Los dientes del azar” [The Teeth of Fate]. He is an occasional contributor, writing articles, at El Viajero, Babelia, El País and other newsprint publications. In 2012 he published his latest novel with Anagrama, La mujer de sombra [The Shadow Woman].
At that gathering, within the mind of the only woman present there, was born the most terrifying tale of loneliness and desire for love ever given to us by literature: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus.
Many have tried to conjur up the magic of that unrepeatable night. The latest to do so are the Hijos de Mary Shelley [Sons of Mary Shelley].
The radio program “El arte de hilar historias” [The Art of Spinning a Yarn], part of the project by Casa del lector “El oído lector” [The Reader's Ear], welcomes two notable “sons of Mary Shelley", who delight us with their best stories
Website
Fernando Marías
In 1975 he moved to Madrid to study film and settled in the city. He got his start in the narrative form writing scripts for television, among them the noteworthy series of faux documentaries Páginas ocultas de la historia [Hidden Pages In History]. In 1990 he wrote his first novel La luz prodigiosa [The Prodigious Light], thus launching his career as a novelist. His narrative work includes: La luz prodigiosa (1990), Esta noche moriré [Tonight I'm Going to Die] (1992), Páginas ocultas de la historia (1997), coauthored with fellow Bilbao writer Juan Bas, Los fabulosos hombres película [The Fantastic Movie Men (1998), El niño de los coroneles [The Colonels' Boy] (2001), La batalla de Matxitxako [The Battle of Matxitxako] (2001), La mujer de las alas grises [The Woman with the Grey Wings] (2003), Invasor [Invader] (2004), Premio Dulce Chacón in Spanish Narrative, 2005, Cielo abajo [Sky Below] (2005), El mundo se acaba todos los días [The World Ends Every Day] (2005), Zara y el librero de Bagdad [Zara and the Baghdad Bookseller] (2008), Premio Gran Angular, 2008, Todo el amor y casi toda la muerte [All of the Love and Most of the Death] (2010), Premio Primavera, 2010, El silencio se mueve [Silence Is Moving] (2010). Luisgé Martín (Madrid, 1962) has a BA in Spanish Philology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and an MBA from IE Business School. On the literary front, he has published the collections of stories Los oscuros [The Dark Ones] (Alfaguara, 1990) and El alma del erizo [The Soul of the Hedgehog] (Alfaguara, 2002); the novels La dulce ira [Sweet Wrath] (Alfaguara, 1995), La muerte de Tadzio [The Death of Tadzio] (Alfaguara, 2000, winner of the Premio Ramón Gómez de la Serna), Los amores confiados [Trusting Love] (Alfaguara, 2005) and Las manos cortadas [Hands Cut] (Alfaguara, 2009); and the collection of letters Amante del sexo busca pareja morbosa [Sex Lover Seeks Kinky Partner] (Temas de Hoy, 2002). He has contributed, as well, to various collections of stories from different authors. In 2009 he won the Premio Antonio Machado for the story “Los años más felices” [The Happiest Years], and in 2012 he was awarded the Premio Mario Vargas Llosa for “Los dientes del azar” [The Teeth of Fate]. He is an occasional contributor, writing articles, at El Viajero, Babelia, El País and other newsprint publications. In 2012 he published his latest novel with Anagrama, La mujer de sombra [The Shadow Woman].