Los Futbolisimos (The footballest)
by Roberto Santiago
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Number 1 in the Spanish Top Ten young adult best-sellers since 2013
Translated into 12 languages
The Footballest is a collection for 8+ readers, where the main characters have to solve puzzling mysteries together, as well as playing football.
Values: Sports / Friendship / Family Relationships / Social integration / Solidarity / Loyalty
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Author Biography
Roberto Santiago is a writer, playwright
and film director. He has written
over twenty novels for children and
young adults. Among others, the collection
Los futbolísimos (‘Footballisms’)
(Editorial SM), which has become
the best selling saga of children’s
literature in Spain in recent years and
has been translated into many languages.
He has written and directed,
among others, the films El penalti
más largo del mundo (The Longest
Penalty Shot In The World) (nominated
for a Goya for best screenplay),
El club de los suicidas (The Suicide
Club), Al final del camino (At The
End Of The Road) and the international
co-production El sueño de Iván
(Ivan’s Dream).
For theatre he has written the adaptations
of Ocho apellidos vascos (Eight
Basque Surnames), El otro lado
de la cama (The other side of the
bed) and Perversiones sexuales en
Chicago (Sexual Perversity in Chicago)
by David Mamet, among others.
He has participated in a number of
television series, is professor at the
Official Cinema School in Madrid,
and his short film Ruleta (‘Roulette’)
was the first Spanish short to compete
in the Official Section of the Cannes
Film Festival. Ana is his first novel for adults.
Copyright Information
© Text by Roberto Santiago
© Illustrations by Enrique Lorenzo
© Ediciones SM, 2013
Translation rights arranged by DOS PASSOS Agencia Literaria
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View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publisher SM
- Publication Date June 2013
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788467561357
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleSpanish
- Copyright Year2013
- Dimensions15 x 21 cm
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