CONTRA EL VIENTO (AGAINST THE WIND)

Book ID/图书代码： 05518010B34449

English Summary/英文概要： São, a girl who, like everyone in her village, was born to work, decides one day to try and build a better life for herself in Europe. After learning, again and again, how to overcome adversity, she will find a new friend in a Spanish woman who is drowning in her own insecurities. São helps her recover her will to live and together they form an indestructible bond, one that will make them both stronger.
A moving story of friendship between different women living in their own worlds, told with all the beauty that reality has to offer. A novel full of feeling for avid readers of emotional fiction.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： São一位來自非洲西岸的大西洋島國佛得角共和國的小女孩，由於生活條件的貧瘠使得她一出生下來就離不開勞動的宿命，為了尋找更好的機會，決定離開小島，偷渡到歐洲Iberian伊比利亞半島，也就西班牙及葡萄牙的所在地。
一心充滿期待的São原以為只要認真，幸運之神遲早會眷顧她，但沒想到葡萄牙及西班牙後不僅遭受歧視，更遇到許多無法預料的災難，直到她遇見一位西班牙女性，這位生活物質條件不匱乏但內心卻相當貧瘠，對周邊的人和事毫無任何感覺，陷入自我迷失的漩渦裡。
兩人相識後São不僅幫助重新她找回對生命的感動，建立堅固的友情，而São最後也終於得到成功的滋味，締造出奇蹟似的勞工英雄事蹟。
兩個不同世界的女性創造出一段不可思議的友誼，一個永不放棄的信念！(VL)

Awards/获奖情况：Winner of Premio Planeta 2009 暢銷感人勵志大作

MORE THAN 200,000 COPIES SOLD
Winner of Premio Planeta 2009
西班牙語系的「行星文學獎」1952年由西班牙最大的出版集團Planeta所創立的，全球獎金第二高的文學獎。金額高達60萬歐元，僅次於諾貝爾獎。歷屆得主包含秘魯的巴爾加斯．尤薩Mario Vargas Llosa及1989年諾貝爾奬得主西班牙的卡米洛‧何西‧塞拉Camilo Jose Cela。
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Praises:
‘A magnificent writer. A great novelist, with a fighting spirit and an important sense of the novel and narrative, she is a brilliant narrator. Writing is not about setting out to say things. She does not set out to say things. She creates a world.’---Ana María Matute

About the Author/作者介绍： ángeles Caso 1959年生於西班牙的沿海工業城Gijón，曾在文化及媒體產業服務。之前著有傳記作品Elisabeth, emperatriz de Austria-Hungría o el hada maldita、小說El peso de las sombras（入圍1994「行星文學獎」的決選名單）及El mundo visto desde el cielo。2000年更以Un largo silencio榮獲費爾南多·蘿拉小說獎。目前除了寫書外，也替西班牙報紙《前衛報》La Vanguardia及葡萄牙報紙Público撰寫專欄。她是目前西班牙最炙手可熱的作家。

Format:电子手稿

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD(非我们代理）

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights sold to: People’s Publishing House (China)

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