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Elvira Lindo

    January 23, 1962

    Elvira Lindo is a Spanish journalist and writer whose work is characterized by humor, irony, and sharp social criticism. She gained renown primarily through the character of Manolito Gafotas, a boy from a working-class Madrid neighborhood who has become a classic of Spanish children's literature. Lindo writes not only for children but also for adults, with her prose and plays noted for their distinctive style. Beyond fiction, she is also a screenwriter and contributes to leading Spanish newspapers, demonstrating her versatility and keen interest in societal issues.

    Elvira Lindo
    Olivia y la carta a los Reyes Magos
    Noches sin dormir
    Yo y el imbécil
    Open Heart
    Manolito Four-Eyes
    Manolito Four-Eyes: The 3rd Volume of the Great Encyclopedia of My Life
    • The bestselling phenomenon from Spain about ten-year-old Manolito's misadventures in Madrid. "Don't try to be different," says Manolito's mother. But he can't help it--he doesn't have to try. Whether he's fighting over the One-and-Only Susana, trying not to fight with Ozzy the Bully, telling his entire life story to the school psychologist, or discovering the true meaning of World Peace, ten-year-old Manolito is a real original. As he'd say, in the worldwide world, there's nobody like him Join the unforgettable Manolito as he takes on life in Madrid. And for the first time, this bestselling phenomenon from Spain is available in English.

      Manolito Four-Eyes: The 3rd Volume of the Great Encyclopedia of My Life
    • Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award This intimate family novel that follows the rise and fall of a great love is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War. In Open Heart, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents—the story of an excessive love, passionate and unstable, forged through countless fights and reconciliations, which had a profound effect on their entire family. Manuel Lindo came from nothing, but stubbornly worked his way up at the Dredging and Construction Company. Obliged to move from city to city for his job, the family couldn’t put down roots, and Elvira and her siblings’ childhood was marked by unpredictability. As they pass through temporary homes, they’re caught between Manuel’s outsized temper and their young mother’s worsening illness, which would tragically take her life. Beginning with nine-year-old Manuel’s experience in Madrid in 1939, Open Heart takes us on a sweeping journey through Spain full of beautifully observed insights about love in its many forms.

      Open Heart
    • ¿A qué a tu hermano el pequeño le consienten todo y además, tú te llevas la peor parte cuando os peleáis? ¡Cómo te comprendemos yo y Manolito Gafotas! En su último libro te cuenta los rollos con su hermano, el Imbécil.

      Yo y el imbécil
    • «Por primera vez en mi vida me puse a la tarea de es­cribir un diario. Quería dejar por escrito el día a día de un invierno en Nueva York, que tenía la particu­laridad de ser el último. Un invierno que se compor­tó como debía, salvajemente, con un frío que mordía a los paseantes en las esquinas y convertía cualquier paseo en una aventura, a menudo desoladora. Fueron días de frío y noches de insomnio creativo. Pero no sólo con palabras quería contarlo sino valiéndome de algunas de aquellas fotos que fui tomando durante los dos últimos años, con una constancia de cazadora so­litaria, de paseante alerta», Elvira Lindo Un libro ilustrado con fotografías de la propia autora que evocan la atracción y también la crudeza de una ciudad mítica. Un libro lúcidamente inspirado por noches de insomnio creativo -- Dos du livre

      Noches sin dormir
    • Manolito ha decidido no dar respiro a sus admiradores, y estas vacaciones está dispuesto a todo. ¡Que tiemble España entera..., porque este chaval de Carabanchel (Alto) se sobra y se basta para marear a su familia, a la psicóloga y al barrio entero!

      Cómo molo!
    • Manolito ha decidido no dar respiro a sus admiradores, y estas vacaciones está dispuesto a todo. ¡Que tiemble España entera..., porque este chaval de Carabanchel (Alto) se sobra y se basta para marear a su familia, a la psicóloga y al barrio entero!

      ¡Cómo molo! (Otra de Manolito Gafotas)