Could you show the world your most intimate mask?
A Japanese legend explains how we all have three masks: the one we show to the world, the one we share with our loved ones, and the most intimate one, which hides our true self and is known only to us — the third mask.
Diana is 14 years old and has always felt like a fish out of water. She is weird and lonely. Introverted, kind, and artistic. She is a self-demanding person who has lost control of her life. That’s how her acquaintances, her family, and she herself will describe her during the interviews for the police investigation. Because Diana hides a terrible dark secret.
Through different perspectives, such as those of her classmates, the corner store owner, her neighbor, the school psychologist, and her family, we will get an inside look into who this young teenager is and the reasons that led her to do what she did. But the puzzle will not be complete until Diana herself opens to the investigation’s detective and explains why she decided to hide her pregnancy and, subsequently, abandon her child in a trash bin.
RELEVANT INFORMATION: The Third Mask is a rigorous, piercing, and cathartic story that shows the complex reality of family relationships and friendships of a teenager going through puberty. Through different points of view and personal approaches, this novel captivates us with a dynamic and addictive pace, with a story based on real-life events that will confront the reader to either “understand and forgive” or “judge and condemn”.
The author, Care Santos, is a prominent writer in Spanish young adult literature. Her works have been translated into more than 20 languages, including English, German, French, Korean, and Italian. Santos has been the recipient of several prestigious literary awards, such as the Ramon Llul de les Lletres Catalanes, the Gran Angular Award, the Barco de Vapor Prize, or the Ramon Muntaner Award. She has also worked as a journalist for some of the most important Spanish newspapers, such as ABC and El Mundo.
What the critics have said:
“Shocking. Care Santos returns with another raw, harsh, impressive, and painful novel. Like her other works, targeted to young readers, it stirs consciences, invites reflection, analyzes situations, exposes real problems, and leaves readers anything but indifferent.”. Un abrazo lector.
“[Care Santos] will help us broaden our perspective on what seems inexplicable and, above all, will teach us not to judge”. El Mundo.
“Care Santos knows how to deliver the information about the main characters in small doses in order to stay mysterious and deliver a final twist that changes the course of their lives”. Juntando más letras.
“A much more mature story than one could imagine”. Goodreads.
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: Serie TV, Miniserie, Film, TV Movie.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish.
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