La primera novela de Victoria Mart n narra con desverg enza e iron a la historia de cuatro amigas que tendr n que enfrentarse a una vida que no es la que esperaban.

B rbara trabaja como asistente de guion en un programa de entretenimiento repleto de hombres que se creen tremendamente graciosos, es adicta a los ansiol ticos y est obsesionada con el dinero. Vive con su amiga de toda la vida, Maca, una aspirante a actriz que solo acumula rechazos en su curr culum. Un d a recibe una invitaci n de Elena, antigua compa era del colegio, para acudir a una de esas fiestas donde anuncian el sexo del beb explotando un globo, cortando una tarta o lanzando un cohete. Decide ir porque necesita poner en orden su vida, y participar del capitalismo m s descarnado engullendo un cupcake en forma de beb le parece la mejor manera de empezar.

Pero tras la fiesta, Elena, desesperada y en la recta final de su embarazo, abandona a su marido y se muda con B rbara y Maca, una noticia terrible para ellas que trastocar por completo sus vidas. Al grupo se unir Fabiola, una influencer con una marca de joyas «sostenible que hacen ni os en Banglad s y que comparte en Instagram frases como «Si quieres, puedes o «Hakuna Matata . Es decir, un adulto funcional siguiendo los consejos de Pumba, el jabal de El Rey Le n.

As comienza esta historia: una embarazada ciclot mica, una actriz fracasada, una influencer inestable y una guionista frustrada tendr n que enfrentarse a una vida que no es la que realmente quer an ni esperaban. Una novela sobre la inacci n frente a los problemas del d a a d a que narra con iron a la historia de unas amigas, que se vuelven a reencontrar para descubrir que lo nico que tienen en com n es el paso del tiempo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

With shamelessness and irony, Victoria Mart n's first novel tells the story of four girlfriends that must cope with a life they did not expect.

B rbara works as a writer's assistant in a variety show full of men who think they are tremendously funny. She is addicted to anti-anxiety drugs and is obsessed with money. She lives with her life-long friend Maca, an aspiring actress who has nothing but rejections in her resume. One day, B rbara receives an invitation from Elena, an old schoolmate, to attend one of those parties where people burst a balloon, cut a cake, or launcha rocket to announce the sex of their baby. B rbara decides to go because she needs to get her life back on track and thinks that partaking of the grittiest capitalism engulfing a cupcake in the shape of a baby is the best way to start.

But after the party, Elena, desperate and in the final stages of her pregnancy, leaves her husband and moves in with B rbara and Maca, an awful bit of news for them, which will turn their lives entirely upside down. The group will be joined by Fabiola, an influencer with a "sustainable" jewelry brand made by children in Bangladesh, andwho posts lines like "If there is a will, there is a way" or "Hakuna Matata" on Instagram. In other words, a functional adult following advice from Pumba, the warthog from The Lion King.

Thus begins this story: a cyclothymic pregnant woman, a failed actress, an unstable influencer, and an unfulfilled screenwriter will have to cope with a life that is nothing like the one they wanted or hoped for. A novel about inaction in the face of day-to-day troubles that recounts with irony the story of a group of friends who meet again only to discover the one thing they have in common is the passing of time.

Se Tiene Que Morir Mucha Gente / Many People Have to Die - sidottu, espanja, 2023