Cold Skin is the debut novel by Catalan

Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

 author Albert Sánchez Piñol

Albert Sánchez Piñol

Albert Sánchez Piñol is a Catalan Spanish author and anthropologist writing in the Catalan language. He has been described as a "significant European writer".- Works :* Les edats d´or * Pallasos i monstres...

.

Synopsis

The novel chronicles the stay of an unnamed weather official on a remote island in the south Atlantic close to the Antarctic Circle

Antarctic Circle

The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs south of the Equator.-Description:...

.

Prizes

It won the Ojo Critico Narrativa prize in 2002, and has been translated into 15 languages.

Film adaption

Alex and David Pastor write currently on the storybook of the film adaption, which is directed by David Slade

David Slade

David Aldrin Slade is a British film director who began his career making music videos. His work includes videos for artists such as Aphex Twin, Rob Dougan, System of a Down, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos, and Muse.-Life and career:...

.

External links

• Fiendishly clever review in The Observer
  The Observer
  The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
  
  
• The remedy for 'Cold Skin' has unpleasant side effects feature in The San Diego Union-Tribune
  The San Diego Union-Tribune
  -Predecessors:The predecessor newspapers of the Union-Tribune were:* San Diego Sun, founded 1861 and merged with the Evening Tribune in 1939.* San Diego Union, founded October 10, 1868.* Evening Tribune, founded December 2, 1895.-Ownership:...