Susana Fortes Quote
People beleived that the most devastating part of a war are the corpses with their guts out in the open, the puddles of blood, and all that you can capture at first glance. But sometimes the horror is off to the side, in the lost look on the face of a woman who's just been raped, as she limps away alone within the ruins, trying to keep her head down. Gerda and Capa were not aware of this yet. They were too young. And that was their first conflict. They still believed war had its romantic side.
Susana Fortes
People beleived that the most devastating part of a war are the corpses with their guts out in the open, the puddles of blood, and all that you can capture at first glance. But sometimes the horror is off to the side, in the lost look on the face of a woman who's just been raped, as she limps away alone within the ruins, trying to keep her head down. Gerda and Capa were not aware of this yet. They were too young. And that was their first conflict. They still believed war had its romantic side.
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About Susana Fortes
Fortes graduated in geography and history at the University of Santiago de Compostela and in American history at the University of Barcelona. She combines her passion for novels with her work as a secondary school teacher in Valencia. In the past, she also has taught Spanish and Art History and participated in various University conferences in Louisiana and California.
Her novel El amante albanés (English: The Albanian Affairs) was runner up in the 2003 Planeta literary prize.
Esperando a Robert Capa (English: Waiting for Robert Capa) won the 2009 Fernando Lara Novel Award.