A group of young people decides to build a ‘dark room’: a closed, silent space that blocks out all light. What begins as something between a game and a transgression takes on new characteristics as they start to confront maturity.
Over time, social uncertainty and personal vulnerability become part of their lives and the dark room turns into their own shelter. Reality gets gradually inside, while some of them think these are not times to hide but to fight back, even if they could put at risk the rest of the group with their decisions.
The Dark Room is a a portrait of those who confidently believed in the promise of a better future that seems to fade away. We see the rude awakening of a generation that feels defrauded.
A generational novel that depicts the experiences of those who have seen their future cut short by the crisis.
| Technical data | Publish date: 12 september 2013 ISBN: 978-84-322-1572-8 Pages: 256 Imprint: Seix Barral |
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| Rights sold | Christian Bourgois (France), Wereldbibliothek (The Netherlands), Homeward Publishing (complex Chinese), Magor Doo Skopje (Macedonia), Open Letter (English digital rights), Liebeskind (Germany). |
| Reviews | One of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, considered by 'El Cultural' of the El Mundo newspaper to be one of the twelve most important writers in contemporary literature. A theme of great social relevance: the uncertainty caused by the crisis that has traumatized an entire generation, and a secondary contemporary issue: video surveillance. “Definitely one of the best novels of the year”, Ricardo Senabre, El Cultural. |