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9788418107641

El baile de las locas / The Mad Women's Ball

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  • ISBN13:

    9788418107641

  • ISBN10:

    8418107642

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2021-05-18
  • Publisher: Salamandra
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Summary

Una novela histórica sobre experimentos psiquiátricos con mujeres que ha conmocionado a la sociedad francesa.

Estamos en París en 1885. Como cada año a mediados de Cuaresma, se celebra el popular baile de primavera en el hospital de la Salpêtrière, donde durante una noche la flor y nata de París se encanalla al ritmo de valses y polcas en compañía de las internas, ataviadas con los más extravagantes disfraces. Una velada festiva que, en el fondo, esconde una sórdida realidad: el baile no es más que uno de los últimos experimentos del profesor Charcot, decidido a convertir a las enfermas de la Salpêtrière en mujeres como las demás. Gracias a la escritura depurada de Victoria Mas y a una admirable reconstrucción histórica, esta primera novela, terrible pero poderosa, se ha convertido en un himno de libertad en honor a todas las mujeres.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"An historical novel about psychiatric experiments on women that has shocked French society.

We’re in Paris in 1885. As it happens every year, during the middle of Lent, the popular spring dance is held at the Hospital de la Salpêtrière, where during one night the cream of Paris society is channeled in, to the rhythm of waltzes and polkas, with the company of the residents, dressed in the most extravagant costumes. A festive evening that, deep down, hides a sordid reality: dancing is just one of the last experiments of Professor Charcot, determined to turn the Salpêtrière patients into women like the rest. Thanks to the refined writing of Victoria Mas and an admirable historical reconstruction, her first novel, terrible but powerful, has become a hymn of freedom in honor of all women.

Author Biography

Victoria Mas (1987), hija de la cantante Jeanne Mas, ha ejercido su actividad profesional en el mundo del cine. Aclamada unánimemente por la crítica, El baile de las locas, su primera novela, ha recibido numerosos premios, entre los que destaca el Renaudot des Lycéens.

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