Paredes, Marisa 1946-

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba No one writes to the Colonel( visu )
9 editions published between 1998 and 2003 in Spanish and held by 230 libraries worldwide
An old colonel goes each Friday to the post office to see if his long-awaited pension has come through. He knows it will not; so does his wife who is still grieving over the death of their son the year before. The colonel has a mission: to elevate the grim routine of poverty and failure to a high mass of defiance. He does that by showing that a heart that has been broken still beats with vengeance.

Viva Pedro the Almodóvar collection( visu )
1 edition published in 2007 in Spanish and held by 167 libraries worldwide
Eight of director Pedro Almodóvar's original films.

La flor de mi secreto The flower of my secret( visu )
3 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in Spanish and held by 156 libraries worldwide
Leo is a successful writer of fabulously popular romance novels, published under the nom de plume Amanda Gris. Needy and demanding, her own romantic life has taken a nosedive since her husband Paco joined the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia in order to escape her. Despising the lucrative fluff she has been writing, she is depressed, drinks too much, tries to commit suicide, and is outraged when her publisher derides the gritty novel she has tried to submit. Her friend Betty suggests that she take up journalism, keeping her other identity secret. Newspaper editor Angel loves her bodice-rippers, but wants her to succeed as a journalist. Can Leo face the truth of her disintegrating marriage? Can she withstand the revelation of her secret?

Todo sobre mi madre( visu )
28 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 123 libraries worldwide
Manuela is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son. But when tragedy strikes and her son is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles.

Queens( visu )
5 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in Spanish and held by 105 libraries worldwide
Hilarious high jinx and mayhem unfold as the mothers of six men, about to partake in Spain's first ever en masse gay wedding, learn to deal with their own prejuidices, history, and desires.

Four last songs( visu )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 96 libraries worldwide
Larry is a chronically unsatisfied ex-pat residing on a remote island village in the Mediterranean. The tiny village is famous for having been the home of one of Europe's most celebrated composers. Desperate to make his mark Larry stages a gala concert as a tribute to the late composer. With his kooky entourage in tow, Larry must learn to balance all the harmonies of his life and deliver his own masterpiece.

Trois vies et une seule mort( visu )
2 editions published in 1998 in French and held by 84 libraries worldwide
Banker/armsdealer Luc Allamand is in a surrealistic shell game during which the primary players remain a mystery to each other. Fitting together the pieces to this clever puzzle, Luc's tangled life takes us on a dynamic journey through the lives of his adversaries. A fairy tale mixes comedy and suspense in this fictional examination of man-kind's capacity to host a multitude of identities.

Viva Pedro the Almodóvar collection( visu )
1 edition published in 2007 in Spanish and held by 54 libraries worldwide
The definitive collection of groundbreaking films by world renowned Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodóvar, featuring Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Gael García Bernal, Javier Bardem, Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes and Rossley de Palma.

Salvajes( visu )
4 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in Spanish and held by 53 libraries worldwide
Set in the port city of Valencia, Berta, the guardian of her deceased sister's children, finds love with a police inspector. But the relationship is tried when Berta's charges walk on the wrong side of the law--her niece is in love with a man who smuggles Africans into Europe and her nephews are skinheads.

Alles über meine Mutter( visu )
13 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in German and Spanish and held by 44 libraries worldwide