In addition to Cinco inviernos , she is highly acclaimed for her 2020 novel La forastera , which won the Real Academia Española prize. Availability and Format

Olga Merino (born in Barcelona, 1965) is a journalist and novelist whose work often touches on themes of solitude and the past.

She holds degrees in Information Science and a Master's in Latin American History and Literature.

The book is structured as a dialogue between the "Russian notebooks" of Merino's 28-year-old self and the perspective of her present-day self. Key elements include: