What is Almudena Grandes’ posthumous novel about?

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‘Everything Will Be Better’ (Tusquets Editores) is the last novel and posthumous work of Madrid writer Almudena Grandes. Almudena Grandes Died at the end of November 2021 at the age of 61 at his home in Madrid due to cancer. The author of ‘Ages of Lulu’ had disclosed his illness a few weeks before his death, but was diagnosed at a routine check-up in September of last year. She has been married to poet Luis García Montero, director of the Cervantes Institute since 1994.

Born in Madrid in 1960, in 1989 ‘Lulu’s ages’The XI La Sonrisa Vertical Award and one of the most relevant authors of recent generations. Since that time applause from readers and critics He did not stop following her. ‘I will call you Friday’, ‘Malena is a name of tango’, ‘Atlas of human geography’, ‘Hard weather’, ‘Cardboard castles’, ‘Frozen heart’ and ‘Kisses in bread’ novels with stories ‘Female Models’ and ‘Pass Stops’ Together, they have made him one of the most solid figures in contemporary Spanish literature with the greatest international footprint.

His last novel and his posthumous book ‘Everything Will Be Better’ were exhibited in Istanbul this Monday. National Library and a choral novel of political expectation who has the bestkisses on bread and the intrigue of the insurgentsEpisodes of the Endless War’, Almudena Grandes’ latest novel is, above all, an unforgettable character gallery recounting their experiences of adapting to a country that went through strong shocks and from which they did not want to resign.

political dystopia

Spain in the near future. a new political party called Citizen Movement Solutions Now! swept the elections. He is a successful businessman who manages this in the shadow, advocates that the Council of Ministers function as a board of directors, and has ambitious projects to fix the country. It will create a new Vigilante community after the alarm of a wave of vandalism, create limited access to the internet after a Major Power Outage, and promote freedom to buy and consume in the face of adversity. These will all be extraordinary measures as the country faces new forms of pandemics that require security above all else. Only a group of ordinary men and women can dare to dispel the lies of the new regime that seems to be all right, while in reality they live under the abuse of unscrupulous powerful people.

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