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El Secreto de Las Hermanas Asorey / The Secret of the Asorey Sisters (in Spanish)
Estevez, Marta
Synopsis "El Secreto de Las Hermanas Asorey / The Secret of the Asorey Sisters (in Spanish)"
Santiago de Compostela, 1931. Cuatro hermanas se reúnen en torno al cadáver de su padre cuando aparece el cuerpo sin vida de una muchacha con indicios de que ha sido asesinada. Qué relación guardan ambos sucesos? Qué secretos esconden las hermanas? En los albores de la Segunda República, las hermanas Asorey afrontan la muerte de su padre, un reputado médico. Tilde, la mayor, es autoritaria y pragmática, mientras Tea, la segunda, es inestable y sufre una fuerte depresión. Eloísa, la tercera, es moderna y emancipada, y Celia, la menor, tiene como principal objetivo casarse. Las cuatro pactan por motivos secretos esconder el cadáver. Pero cuando una joven lavandera que trabajaba para la familia aparece muerta, dicho pacto corre peligro de saltar por los aires. En su primera y magnífica novela, Marta Estévez nos narra una intrigante historia familiar de muerte y traición en un momento histórico clave en Santiago de Compostela, cuando los vientos del cambio amenazaban la estabilidad política y social y los secretos podían ser la única vía para sobrevivir. Marta Estévez Ansede (Vigo, 1972) es licenciada en Filología Inglesa por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, dondereside actualmente. Ha simultaneado la docencia con la escritura y es creadora del blog Sweet & Home. Esta es su primera novela. ENGLISH TRANSLATION Santiago de Compostela, 1931. Four sisters gather around their father's dead body when a lifeless girl with signs that she has been murdered appears. What relationship do these two events have? What secrets are the sisters hiding? At the dawn of the Second Spanish Republic, the Asorey sisters face the death of their father, a renowned doctor. Tilde, the eldest, is authoritarian and pragmatic, while Tea, the second, is unstable and suffers from severe depression. Eloísa, the third, is modern and emancipated, and Celia, the youngest, thinks of getting married as her main objective. For secret reasons, the four agree to hide their father's corpse. But when a young laundress who worked for the family is found dead, their secret pact is in danger of being blown up. In her first and most magnificent novel, Marta Estévez tells us an intriguing family story of death and betrayal at a key historical moment in Santiago de Compostela, when the winds of change threatened political and social stability and secrets were the only way to survive. Marta Estévez Ansede (Vigo, 1972) has a degree in English Literature from the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she currently resides. She has combined teaching with writing and is the creator of a blog called Sweet & Home. This is her first novel.
