PILAR QUINTANA o cómo leer OCHO VECES SEGUIDAS ‘Crónica de una muerte anunciada’ | QUÉ ESTÁS LEYENDO

Pilar Quintana is this week's guest on What Are You Reading, EL PAÍS's book podcast. The Colombian author, winner of the Alfaguara Prize for Fiction, meets us at the Prado Museum to discuss her latest novel, Black Night, a terrifying exploration of the external jungle and the inner jungle when predators are lurking. She lived alone in the jungle for three months, an experience so transformative that "I had to write a novel about it." The author confesses to being a daughter of Cervantes, García Márquez, and Kafka, and recounts how Chronicle of a Death Foretold impacted her so deeply that she read it eight times in a row. In this episode, Andrea Aguilar describes the spell cast by her books. And Jordi Amat shares Babelia's recommendations. Books recommended by Quintana: The Girl, the Heart, and the House, by María Teresa Andruetto. Rage, by Sergio Bizzio. The Wind That Sweeps, by Selva Almada. The Door to Happiness and Other Stories, by Luis Noriega. Let the Worst Pass, by Antonio García Ángel. Book recommended by Amat: Oxygen, by Marta Jiménez Serrano. If you have complaints, questions, or suggestions, write to [email protected] or send an audio message to +34 649362138 (no calls). 00:00 Introduction and presentation of the episode 01:18 Why the Prado Museum and its connection to art 03:07 How Black Night was born 04:23 The outer jungle and the inner jungle 07:29 Violence, gender, and survival 10:17 Sleeping with a machete: the real experience 12:46 Nature as revenge against humanity 14:19 Which fear is worse: the real one or the imagined one? 15:06 Literature in Colombia vs. Spain 16:19 Why Colombia is Fertile Ground for Literature 17:09 Influences: Cervantes, García Márquez, Kafka 18:18 First Readings and Defining Books 22:54 The Power of Chronicle of a Death Foretold 27:26 How Pilar Defines Her Literature 27:45 Literary Recommendations: Andreu, Vicio, Almada, Noriega, García Ángel 31:51 Babelia Recommendation 32:47 Final Poem: “The City” by Cavafy Credits Presented by: Berna González Harbour Written by: José Juan Morales Jiménez Edited by: Ana Ribera Sound Design by: Nicolás Tsabertidis Subscribe to our channel:    / @elpais   Visit http://elpais.com More videos from EL PAÍS: youtube.com/@elpais/videos Follow us on Facebook:   / elpais   Twitter:   / el_pais   Instagram:   / el_pais   #podcast #books #bookrecommendations