Origin: Spain
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La Oveja Negra
Pasqual Alapont
Synopsis "La Oveja Negra"
Hermógenes es hijo de una familia acomodada formada por médicos de renombre. Cuando el joven quiere ser arqueólogo, habrá de superar las presiones familiares y domésticas.The White Ravens AwardSerra d'Or Critics Award Reportedly, it isn't easy to rebel against long-standing family traditions. Nevertheless, that is what seventeen-year-old Hermògenes does, when he decides to become an archaeologist instead of going into the medical profession. He studies History and jobs part-time as a baby-sitter when the parents' stop to give him financial support. His determination to pursue his goal, as well as the relationship to the child he baby-sits and its mother are the foundations for Hermògenes' self-assertion and self-realisation. The author relates the protagonist's process of emancipation and reaching maturity with humour and ease. His concise rendering of character is excellent and reveals deep psychological insight. Premio Edebé de Literatura Juvenil 2001
Pasqual Alapont (Catarroja, 1963) ha desarrollado su trabajo a caballo entre la literatura y el teatro, donde ha ejercido de editor, traductor, guionista y dramaturgo. Es especialmente reconocido por sus obras infantiles y juveniles –auténticos éxitos de ventas, tales como El infierno de Marta (Premi Protagonista Jove), traducido al euskera, al castellano, al gallego, al portugués y al esloveno–. El campamento de los líos, Barrotes dorados, Devoraré bollyc@os por ti (Premi Fundació Bancaixa de Narrativa Juvenil), Tota d’un glop (Premi Joanot Martorell) y Tres golpes en la noche son algunas de sus obras más conocidas. También ha escrito una novela para adultos (El mal que m’habita, Premi València de Narrativa) y una quincena de obras de teatro.