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Belén Gopegui

Belén Gopegui

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Lo real

Lo real / What's Real

Novel , 2001

Anagrama

Literary Fiction

Recounts the inevitable ascent of a senior executive at TVE, Spain’s national TV broadcaster, built on lies and pretence as engines of social climbing, a self-made avenger adept in the art of accumulating useful information. The story is narrated by a co-worker in decline accompanied by a chorus of salaried workers. The novel covers the final years of the Franco regime, the NATO referendum, the 14 December strike, and the structure of feelings in a corrupt social democracy lacking legitimacy.

“Belén Gopegui’s important career as a novelist becomes even more forceful.” Rafael Conte

“The best thing I read in Spanish in 2002 was Lo real.” Sebastián Edwards, La Tercera, Chile

Novel

Te siguen, 2025
Existiríamos el mar, 2021
Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo, 2017
El comité de la noche, 2014
Acceso no autorizado, 2011
Deseo de ser punk, 2009
El padre de Blancanieves, 2007
El lado frío de la almohada, 2004
Lo real, 2001
La conquista del aire, 1998
Tocarnos la cara, 1995
La escala de los mapas, 1994

Short stories and novellas

En desierta playa, 1995

Non-fiction

Pequeñas heridas mortales, 2024
El murmullo. La autoayuda como novela, un caso de confabulación, 2023
Rompiendo algo, 2019
Ella pisó la luna, 2019
Un pistoletazo en medio de un concierto, 2008

Books for children and young readers

Mi misión era acercarme a Miranda, 2015
El amigo que surgió de un viejo ordenador, 2012
El día que mamá perdió la paciencia, 2008
El balonazo, 2008