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Cold Skin Author(s) Albert Sánchez Piñol Original title La Pell Freda Translator Cheryl Leah Morgan Country Spain Language Catalan Genre(s) Literary Horror novel Publisher Canongate Books Publication date 2002 Published in
English2006 Media type Print Pages 240 pp ISBN 1841956880 OCLC Number 62478982 Dewey Decimal 863.7 22 LC Classification PC3942.429.A63 P4513 2006 Cold Skin (orig. Catalan La Pell Freda) is the debut novel by Catalan author Albert Sánchez Piñol.
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Synopsis
The novel chronicles the stay of an unnamed weather official on a remote island in the south Atlantic close to the Antarctic Circle.
Prizes
It won the Ojo Critico Narrativa prize in 2002, and has been translated into 15 languages.[1]
Film adaption
Alex and David Pastor write currently on the storybook of the film adaption, which is directed by David Slade.[2]
References
- ^ "First Novelists 2006: All New, All Distinct". Library Journal.com. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6314082.html. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ 'Carriers' Directors Penning 'Cold Skin' Adaptation
External links
- Fiendishly clever review in The Observer
- The remedy for 'Cold Skin' has unpleasant side effects feature in The San Diego Union-Tribune
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