Origin: Spain
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Nubosidad Variable
Martin Gaite, Carmen
Synopsis "Nubosidad Variable"
Sofia Montalvo y Mariana Leon fueron amigas en el colegio. Sofia se ha visto atrapada en una oscura existencia de esposa y madre de familia. Mariana, cuya trayectoria amorosa resulta mas confusa que apasionada, ha logrado convertirse en una brillante psiquiatra. Al cabo de mas de treinta anos, el azar las hace coincidir en un coctel y el recuerdo de su amistad desencadena en ambas una revolucion interior. Mariana evoca la aficion de Sofia por las palabras, animandola a escribir. Con la sensacion de quien se dispone a ordenar el cuarto donde se amontonan los miedos, objetos, presencias y fantasias, Sofia estrenara su primer cuaderno. Entretanto, Mariana se ha marchado de Madrid sin avisar a nadie y compone para Sofia cartas que no se atreve a echar al correo y en las que va tomando el pulso a su desintegracion psicologica. Con esta novela la autora logro una de las obras maestras mas celebradas de la literatura espanola contemporanea. / Sofía Montalvo and Mariana León were friends at school. Sofía has since been trapped in a dark existence as a wife and mother of a family. Mariana, whose love life has turned out to be much more confusing than passionate, has managed to become a brilliant psychiatrist. After more than thirty years, chance brings them together at a cocktail party and the memory of their friendship causes them both to undergo an inner revolution. Mariana brings Sofía's passion for words to the surface, encouraging her to write. With the feeling of someone who has prepared to tidy up a room full of their fears, aims, presences and fantasies, Sofía for the first time begins to keep a diary. In the meantime, Mariana has left Madrid without telling anybody and writes Sofía letters that she does not dare to send, in which she documents her psychological disintegration. With this novel its author created one of the most celebrated masterpieces of contemporary Spanish literature.
