Susanna Tamaro

With the wind whipping round the family house and the colors fading to winter, an elderly Italian woman, driven by fear of her encroaching death, decides to write a long letter to her granddaughter in America. In some ways it is a love letter; in others, a confession. Above all it is a bequest - of advice for life from an old woman at last brave enough to acknowledge that she has too long submitted to convention and kept hidden her feelings. She relives everything that has happened to her, teaching her granddaughter that the one important journey in life is to the center of ourselves - to the point where we can gather the courage to follow our hearts.

Une nouvelle tirée du recueil ##Pour voix seule## (P.O.L. et 10/18).

Marta, la joven rebelde de Donde el corazón te lleve, regresa a la casa de Trieste donde creció junto a su abuela. Un día, desorientada y sola, sube al desván, donde encuentra las huellas de las dos personas más importantes de su vida: su padre y su madre. Entre baúles, cartas y cuadernos amarillentos recompone las piezas de un mosaico generacional y emprende un viaje hacia los orígenes de su fragilidad. Durante su búsqueda, Marta rescatará la historia de sus seres queridos, pero también descubrirá las raíces más profundas de su inquietud. Conseguirá entonces reconciliarse con los secretos y los fantasmas que la acechan desde el pasado, y, por encima de todo, logrará encontrarse a sí misma, en un despertar a la esperanza. Escucha mi voz retoma los personajes de Donde el corazón te lleve, la novela que ha entusiasmado a trece millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Susanna Tamaro encanta, conmueve y hace pensar gracias a una sensibilidad e intensidad expresiva que la hacen única. El regreso de Tamaro a la novela de largo aliento nos descubre la necesidad de encontrarle sentido a la vida como motor de nuestro futuro.

From the bestselling author of Follow Your Heart comes Listen to My Voice, the moving story of a young woman who sets out to make sense of her past.Marta is raised by her grandmother in her house in Trieste, a safe haven of stories, books and enchantment. She knows that her mother died when she was young, and she believes that her father is a Turkish prince. But, as she grows older and this fairy tale disintegrates, Marta feels only anger towards her grandmother for withholding information about her parents.When her grandmother dies, Marta is alone in the world. One day, in the dusty attic, she finds a box belonging to her mother which may help to uncover her own past. With clues found in her mother's journal and a worn photograph, Marta decides to track down her father, who she believes may still be alive. Feeling the need to escape her grandmother's house, which is populated by secrets, Marta embarks on a journey to Israel, seeking what is left of her mother's family in an attempt to make sense of where she came from.Written as a young woman's narrative addressed to the memory of her grandmother, Listen to My Voice is a poignant coming of age story, and a beautifully crafted meditation on the importance of history and belonging.

A collection of letters from an 80-year-old woman living in a small town in Italy to her rebellious granddaughter in America. In them she recounts the history of their family, philosophizes on life, and offers advice. On the danger of dreams deferred, she writes to the girl, "Listen to your heart. When it speaks, get up and go where it takes you."