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dc.title	In the Steps of Marie Curie: La ridícula idea de no volver a verte by Rosa Montero
dc.contributor.author	Coppola Francesca
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	es
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/rassegna-iberistica/2022/118/tras-los-pasos-de-marie-curie-la-ridicula-idea-de/
dc.description.abstract	La ridícula idea de no volver a verte, a 2013 novel by Rosa Montero, tells the story of Marie Curie starting from the pages of her diary. The novel focuses on the discoveries by the scientist, through the construction of a dialogue from which a biographical symmetry emerges between Marie Curie and the Madrid-born author. The aim of this article is to reflect on which kind of story the novel offers; on how and how much the pages of Curie’s diary represent a tool, a stimulus, and a challenge to Montero’s writing process. Finally, the article highlights how the affinity between the two women – and, moreover, the presence and meaning of the scientific theme – underpins the whole narrative until it becomes an unclassifiable book, which fluctuates between autobiography and the truth-fiction dichotomy.
dc.relation.ispartof	Rassegna iberistica
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 45 \| Issue 118 \| December 2022
dc.issued	2022-12-16
dc.dateAccepted	2022-10-07
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-05-03
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2037-6588
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2022/19/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ciencia
dc.subject	Diario
dc.subject	Diary
dc.subject	Marie Curie
dc.subject	Novel
dc.subject	Novela
dc.subject	Rosa Montero
dc.subject	Science

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In the Steps of Marie Curie: La ridícula idea de no volver a verte by Rosa Montero

Francesca Coppola Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa; Università eCampus, Italia

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La ridícula idea de no volver a verte, a 2013 novel by Rosa Montero, tells the story of Marie Curie starting from the pages of her diary. The novel focuses on the discoveries by the scientist, through the construction of a dialogue from which a biographical symmetry emerges between Marie Curie and the Madrid-born author. The aim of this article is to reflect on which kind of story the novel offers; on how and how much the pages of Curie’s diary represent a tool, a stimulus, and a challenge to Montero’s writing process. Finally, the article highlights how the affinity between the two women – and, moreover, the presence and meaning of the scientific theme – underpins the whole narrative until it becomes an unclassifiable book, which fluctuates between autobiography and the truth-fiction dichotomy.

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Dec. 16, 2022

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Oct. 7, 2022

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May 3, 2022

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Keywords: Rosa Montero • Diary • Marie Curie • Ciencia • Novel • Diario • Science • Novela

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