La Bola / The Ball [Spanish]

By Daniel Verdú

La historia real sobre la misteriosa mujer que puso en jaque la verdad en Espa a.

«La vida de una mujer enigm tica, manipuladora y sagaz. Todos cre mos conocerla y nadie la conoci . Impactante. Un personaje propio de Patricia Highsmith. --Elvira Lindo

«El libro que la fascinante Mar de Marchis merec a. Hay que leerlo dos veces para creerse esta historia real. Un viaje alucinado y absorbente a un personaje de novela. --Manuel Jabois

Una mujer misteriosa irrumpi en la escena medi tica espa ola en 2011, en pleno colapso econ mico y social. Todos hablaban de ella, pero nadie la hab a visto. Una abogada de origen siciliano, la hija de Aznar, un hombre con filtro de voz. Nadie sab a qui n era realmente Mar de Marchis, pero todos quer an tenerla cerca.

Arrolladora, creativa y fr gil, fund una revista de culto sin salir de su casa. Su voz se infiltr en grandes peri dicos, sedujo y convenci a escritores o pol ticos y firm contratos sin dejarse ver. Mandaba fotos de una joven atractiva que cautiv a muchos. La persona no exist a, pero su influencia y sus ideas eran reales. El mito y el misterio le dieron poder en un mundo marcado ya por el anonimato, las redes sociales y la crisis de la verdad. Qui n fue? Una mente brillante, una impostora o un s ntoma de su tiempo?

La bola es un viaje a su enigma, pero tambi n el retrato de la poca en que la representaci n de la realidad empez a resquebrajarse. Una historia ver dica que podr a ser ficci n. La paradoja de nuestro tiempo reciente: la verdad en manos de una mentira.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The true story of the mysterious woman who challenged the truth in Spain.

"The life of an enigmatic, manipulative, and shrewd woman. We all thought we knew her, and yet no one really did. Shocking. A character straight out of a Patricia Highsmith novel." --Elvira Lindo

"The book that the fascinating Mar de Marchis deserved. You have to read it over and over to believe this true story. A mind-blowing and absorbing journey into a character straight out of a novel." --Manuel Jabois

A mysterious woman burst onto the Spanish media scene in 2011, in the midst of economic and social collapse. Everyone was talking about her, but no one had ever seen her. A lawyer of Sicilian origin, the daughter of Aznar, a man with a voice filter. No one knew who Mar de Marchis really was, but everyone wanted to be close to her.

Overwhelming, creative, and fragile, she founded a cult magazine without ever leaving her home. Her voice infiltrated major newspapers, seduced and convinced writers and politicians, and she signed contracts without ever showing her face. She sent photos of an attractive young woman who captivated many. The person didn't exist, but her influence and her ideas were real. The myth and the mystery gave her power in a world already marked by anonymity, social media, and the crisis of truth. Who was she? A brilliant mind, an impostor, or a symptom of her time?

The Ball is a journey into her enigma, but also a portrait of the era when the representation of reality began to crumble. A true story that could be fiction. The paradox of our recent times: the truth in the hands of a lie.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8410299542
• ISBN13: 9788410299542
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Alfaguara
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.