Disobedience

Resumen del libro

Granta Best Young British Novelist Naomi Alderman's Disobedience is an insightful and witty novel on the search for love, tolerance and faith. By the age of 32, Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man.But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind.

The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London is outraged by Ronit and her provocative ways. But Ronit is shocked too by the confrontation with her past. And when she meets up with her childhood girlfriend Esti, she is forced to think again about what she has left behind.

'Rich, fresh, fascinating. A wonderful novel' Sunday Times 'Funny, tender and insightful' Maureen Lipman, Guardian Naomi Alderman grew up in the Orthodox Jewish community in northwest London. Her first novel, Disobedience, was published in 10 languages and won the Orange Award for New Writers and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year prize.

Like her second novel, The Lessons, it was broadcast as Radio 4's Book at Bedtime. She is a frequent radio broadcaster and she is a regular contributor to several publications including the Guardian and Prospect. She lives in London.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Naomi Alderman x{0026}lt;/strong fue escogida como una de las mejores novelistas jóvenes de 2013 por Granta. x{0026}lt;em The Timesx{0026}lt;/em ha destacado "su capacidad para el pensamiento original y la brillantez de su escritura." Apadrinada por Margaret Atwood dentro del Programa Rolex Mentor y Portégé Arts Initiative, su primera novela, x{0026}lt;em Disobediencex{0026}lt;/em , ha sido traducida a diez idiomas y fue ganadora del Premio Orange. En 2007, Alderman fue destacada por el x{0026}lt;em Sunday Timesx{0026}lt;/em como el mejor escritor joven del año, y uno de los 25 Escritores para el Future de la librería Waterstones. Presenta Science Stories en la BBC Radio 4, y es profesora de escritura creativa en la Universidad de Bath. Es periodista en x{0026}lt;em The Observerx{0026}lt;/em , donde tiene una columna sobre tecnología y juegos. También es la co-creadora y escritora del videojuego x{0026}lt;em Zombies, run!x{0026}lt;/em En la actualidad vive en Londres.x{0026}lt;/p