Marta draw bridges
Marta draw bridges is a novel that portrays the author’s age group. Marta, a young woman from Alicante, after finishing her studies, she decides to leave as a reader to one of the universities of Naples. A difficult decision for a young woman who tries to escape from her past, conflicts of her childhood and adolescence. An age, no doubt, by the sincere affection of her grandmother, a woman who had fought for a complex time in the history of this country. Carles Cortes’s novel begins after the final return of Martha to Alicante, after twelve years of residence in the city of the Italian Mezzogiorno. With memories of the death of her grandmother, build symbolic bridges of her memory in order to understand the reasons which led to a new flight, in this case the final one.
Marta draw bridges is a tribute to the union between the peoples of the Mediterranean, an attractive analysis of the similarities and cultural differences between the two port cities such as Naples or Alicante, very close to others like Valencia or Barcelona. A story built through the sincere words of a young masterfully portrayed by the author already had surprised us with the exciting story that appeared in Eve’s dreams, his previous novel. Marta draw bridges will offer a new voice, a different, closer. Next to us, now more than ever. A reflection on the challenges of women in today’s society.