A Madrid bookstore specialized in female writers, Women & Company, has withdrawn all copies of the novels of Carmen Mola after the author’s name was found to be the pseudonym of three authors, Antonio Mercero (Madrid, 1969), Agustín Martínez (Lorca, 1975) and Jorge Diaz (Alicante, 1962).
And it is that after win the Planet award, the scriptwriters revealed that it was they who were hiding behind the female signature, outraging a large part of society. “Our contribution to jastag Carmen Mola, but Mola more that the lords do not occupy everything “, wrote the twitter, next to a video in which you can see how all the copies written under the pseudonym Carmen Mola are removed from the bookstore: The gypsy bride, The purple net and La Nena, and finally, the book that has earned them the Planeta Prize, The beast.
Return of all books
“The news is that it is not news that a specialized bookstore withdraws from its fund that which does not correspond to its specialization.” –
