Gonzalo Torné

Gonzalo Torné (Barcelona, 1976) is the author of three novels: 'Hilos de sangre' ('Trickles of Blood',2010, winner of the Premio Jaén de Novela): "A truly extraordinary novel, admirable, impressive and destined to makes its mark in Castilian literature of the twenty-first century. With unprecedented ambition, Torné showcases a uniquely personal energy, reminiscent of authors ranging from Juan Benet, Luis Goytisolo, Eduardo Mendoza to Javier Marías, Belén Gopegui, Luis Magrinyà or Roberto Bolaño. ” (Ignacio Echevarría); ‘Divorcio en el aire’ (‘Divorce is in the Air’, 2013): “Torné’s stylishly assured universal excursion into one man’s breakdown is lively and convincing… very clever, often hilarious…” (Irish Times); and ‘Años felices’ (‘Happy Years’, 2017): ‘Admirable, well-structured and as stylistically solid as any English-language reference point you could come up with (McEwan, Peter Cameron, Tóibín, Ozick), psychologically subtle, dif…