El Funeral de Lolita / Lolita's Funeral

La esperada primera novela de Luna Miguel, quien se impone "decir con rabia todo lo que no debo" y ese decir rabioso es toda una contestaci n al mundo contempor neo (T a Blesa, El Cultural de El Mundo). No s ni siquiera si est s viva, pero ten a que dec rtelo: Roberto ha fallecido esta ma ana en... , dice el mensaje de Roc o, una antigua compa era del instituto, y el coraz n de Helena da un vuelco. Igual al d a en que advirti que se hab a enamorado de su profesor de literatura. Ahora tendr que enfrentarse a su muerte y a sus recuerdos. Helena conoce la muerte (ha perdido a sus padres, en circunstancias muy distintas), pero la de Roberto agitar todos los fantasmas.

En el tanatorio la espera Roc o, a quien Helena entreg hace muchos a os su diario, pero tambi n Laura, la viuda de Roberto, quien insiste en invitarla a su casa. Joven, reputada y pol mica cr tica gastron mica, Helena analiza, recomienda y censura sabores y platos, pero no sabe qu hacer con su vida. En su Alcal de Henares natal, lejos de la revista en la que trabaja y de su pareja, mientras los recuerdos la asaltan y le anudan el est mago, deber decidirlo.

Con El funeral de Lolita, Luna Miguel confirma ese gran talento para elegir las palabras que ha marcado su poes a y se revela como una magn fica narradora.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The long-awaited first novel by Luna Miguel, "who 'insists on going off about everything I shouldn't' and that rant is a complete reply to the contemporary world" (T a Blesa, El Cultural by El Mundo).

"I don't even know if you're still alive, but I had to tell you: Roberto died this morning in... " says a message from Roc o, an old high school friend, and Helena's heart skips a beat. Just like the day it warned her she had fallen in love with her Literature professor. Now she must face his death and her memories. Helena knows death (she has lost her parents, in very different circumstances), but Roberto's awakens all her demons.

Waiting for her at the funeral home is Roc o, to whom Helena gave her diary years ago, but also Laura, Roberto's widow, who insists on inviting her to her home. A young, renowned, and controversial food critic, Helena analyzes, recommends, and denounces flavors and dishes, but she doesn't know what to do with her life. In her native Alcal de Henares, far from the magazine she works at and her boyfriend, while memories assault her and tie her stomach in knots, she must decide.

With Lolita's Funeral, Luna Miguel confirms the great eloquence that has marked her poetry, and reveals herself to be a magnificent storyteller.