Dientes de leche
» Arzobispo Juan de San Clemente Award
» Giuseppe Acerbi Literary Award 2012
Spain,1937. Raffaele Cameroni, an Italian volunteer fighting on Franco’s side during the Spanish Civil War is injured in combat. In hospital, he will meet a Spanish nurse who will become his wife and mother to three children. However, Raffaele is hiding a secret which will end up exploding with unforeseen consequences.
Dientes de leche takes us through half a century of the life of the Cameroni family, its ups and downs, generation gap conflicts, tender episodes and family secrets against the backdrop of the final years of Spanish dictatorship.
PRESS
«An honest chronicler and narrator. A realist interested in truth and in reality.» Katharina Döbler, Book Reporter
«What’s interesting about his stories is how war and dictatorship affected the private sphere of Spanish society at that time.» Franfürter Allgemeine
«Pisón is a natural story teller, undoubtedly one of the most gifted in the country.» Enrique Vila-Matas, El País
«Undoubtedly his best novel.» José María Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC
«Fascinating novel.» J.A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia
TRANSLATIONS
Brazil:Record; France:Le Serpent à Plumes; Germany: Hoffmann und Campe; Italy: Guanda; Netherlands: Signatuur; Portugal: Teorema; Spanish Club: Bertelsmann; Spanish Pocket: Booket
