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UnderCover
Alexander Dobler |
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| Spanish | |
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The Echo of Skin
We see „El eco de la piel“ as the culmination of the author’s masterful skill for writing
mystery novels and family sagas for upmarket lists, with a clearly female readership.
Ofelia Arráez founded an international fashion empire the size of Zara’s. Sandra, who is
in her late twenties, is chosen to write her biography. These are the two protagonists of
Elia Barceló’s new novel. Ofelia, who had been born in 1918, has recently passed away.
Ofelia’s husband died under mysterious circumstances in 1955. But Ofelia went on with
their business, with the help of her handmaid. In 1941 she gave birth to her only son,
Luis, who now, in 2016, hires Sandra to tell Ofelia’s „true“ story. But how can we know it
is true? What does Sandra find out and what does Luis want to hear? Masterfully, Elia
Barceló guides us through a plot full of twists and turns, unexpected revelations, murder
and love affairs.