Fin de temporada
Fin de temporada is a novel about the sometimes venomous strength of blood ties, about family secrets that condemn every generation to repeat the same errors, and about how knowledge transforms us into other people.
A road along the Portuguese border, June 1977. Juan and Rosa, little more than adolescents, have an appointment in a clandestine abortion clinic, but an accident keeps them from reaching their destination. Almost twenty years later, Rosa and her son Iván begin what will be their life’s project, the restoration of a campground on the Costa Dorada on the other end of the peninsula. Since Iván was born, they have lived in different places, always tentatively, always alone, fleeing from a past that will soon catch up with them.
Ignacio Martínez de Pisón creates memorable characters here in an extraordinary tale of mother and son that extends across nearly a quarter of a century, revealing to us how things unresolved in the past can trap us despite, or even because of, our attempts to ignore them.
PRESS
«A powerful novel with a surprising ending. Few Spanish writers can tell a story this such an aparent simplicity and extreme care for details and atmospheres.» J.M. Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC
«A story that wins you over with its emotional and psychological clairvoyance.» Carlos Pardo, El País
«A powerful and exciting character driven novel that echoes a Greek tragedy.» Daniel Gascón, Letras Libres
«A powerful novel readers will enjoy so much, they’ll wish it would never end.» J. Pozuelo Ybancos, ABC Cultural
«A story of family secrets that successfully delves into the psychological introspection of its characters, their deep-rooted loneliness and dark disappointments. (…) Family disputes, misplaced characters, hopeful expectations and unfathomable absences.» Jesús Ferrer, La Razón
«The story of an unhealthy mother-child relationship fleeing from that moment in the past that marks them both. Like a Greek tragedy, it shows how, even if we want to ignore the past, it’s always there.» J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia
TRANSLATIONS
Italy: Società Editrice Milanese
