When an internet user types in the search engine "Pilar Eyre Libros", the results expose the work of a well-known intellectual in Spain. Well, apart from the notoriety obtained in national audiovisual media, the Barcelona-born author has more than three decades of literary career.
Since her first journalistic essay (1985) loaded with somewhat "pink" revelations, the Catalan author's narrative style has evolved remarkably. Of course, his keen critical eye — sharpened by a lifetime in journalism — is an inherent trait of all his texts. Therefore, Eyre always tries to maintain an objective focus on her books.
The life of Pilar Eyre, in a nutshell
Pilar Eyre Estrada was born on September 13, 1951, in Barcelona, Spain. She is the second of three daughters, the result of the union between the Pontevedra artist Vicente Eyre Fernández and Pilar Estrada Borrajo de Orozco. During his youth he studied Philosophy and Letters at the University of Barcelona.
Then, Eyre began his journalistic career in important Spanish newspapers. Among them, La Vanguardia, El Mundo, Interview y Monday Sheet. In the early 1990s, Eyre made the leap towards television with personalities such as Jordi González, Julián Lago, Javier Vázquez and María Teresa Campos. Mainly, he appeared in programs on the Spanish Television channel.
Some of the best known books by Pilar Eyre
Rich, famous and abandoned (2008)
The ninth book of Pilar Eyre tells the stories of various women - adjusted to the current concept of socialist- Outstanding of the Spanish show business. Some elegant, others enigmatic, and undoubtedly all revered for the beauty and glamor they displayed at some point in their lives. This social status was accompanied by the fact of forming couples with men as adored as they.
Consequently, these ladies became true stars of countless events of a political, social, artistic, cultural nature ... Eventually, the protagonists were sentimentally betrayed by their peers and left to their own devices.. Then the once feeling of power and admiration gave way to the deepest pain accompanied by great frustration.
The will to resurface
Pilar Eyre takes advantage of the context of the protagonists to highlight how ephemeral fame is in combination with the unscrupulous cruelty of the pink press. In the same way, the Catalan author describes the reinvention process plus the necessary courage shown by each of them to get up in solitude. All this, while still believing in love and with praiseworthy integrity.
As in many Eyre texts, his merit in Rich, famous and abandoned is to provide (until then) unpublished information for the public opinion. Furthermore, the Spanish writer underlines the most significant quality - according to her criteria - of the female condition: the capacity to resist in the most trying circumstances.
Confidential frank (2013)
For any Spanish writer, it is impossible to create an intimate biography of him. General Francisco Franco without raising blisters. After all, he is the man who accumulated all the power of the Iberian nation for almost four decades. In any case, Pilar Eyre did not waver the pen or skimp on details when unveiling the most hidden secrets of the "Generalissimo."
Synopsis
Eyre, with his unique storytelling style, takes a tour through the most decisive events in the personality of the Spanish dictator. First, a traumatic childhood, in which, he accumulated complexes because of the fear of the whole family towards an alcoholic father. Next, Franco's intimacies with Carmen Polo, a conservative woman with a difficult temperament, are exposed.
Likewise, Polo raised their daughter in a very repressive environment and showed a very jealous behavior towards her husband. In addition, Eyre explores biographical details of other relatives of Franco, as well as public figures known during the dictatorship. Such is the case of Ramón Serrano Súñer, the (at that time) Prince Juan Carlos and Luis Miguel Dominguín, among others.
My favorite color is green (2014)
This work with autobiographical elements is, to date, Pilar Eyre's most praised book. Not in vain, This title was a finalist for the 2014 Planeta Prize and winner of the I Joaquín Soler Serrano Prize for Literature. In consonance, the public embraced this love story whose development is full of not-so-pleasant surprises.
Argument and structure
During a summer on the Costa Brava, Pilar Eyre spends three nights of passion with Sébastien, a handsome French war correspondent. An intense love arises between them, to such an extent that she feels she has achieved the love of her life. Suddenly he disappears. It only leaves behind a trail of puzzling clues that will lead Pilar to test all her limits.
In a structure spanning 14 chapters, the novel mixes surreal segments and questions of a personal nature with the advances of a complicated investigation. Among these particularities are the author's dialogues with her deceased parents, as well as the details of her work and family relationships.
A perfect gentleman (2019)
Eyre interspersed real characters (including his father) with other fictional characters to create a very complete and entertaining story. A perfect gentleman is a novel that presents the opulence of the Catalan bourgeoisie in contrast to the harsh daily life of the working class.
Plot and synopsis
Mauricio Casasnovas seems to have it all in life: a promising future as the heir to a major textile factory, accompanied by a beautiful and intelligent woman. In addition, he leads a life full of luxury in it as a member of Barcelona's wealthy elite after the Civil War.
But, during a visit to the company, he falls in love with Amparo, a worker before whom he cannot contain himself.. Therefore — against the sensible advice of his father — Mauricio gives himself up completely to his new lover. The worst: That's just the first in a series of ill-advised decisions whose repercussions will haunt him to his death.
I, the king (2020)
On this occasion, Eyre immerses himself fully in the life of one of the most frequent figures on the covers of Spanish newspapers today: Juan Carlos I. We are talking about one of the most relevant monarchs (if not the most important) in contemporary European diplomacy. In the same way, he was a king endowed with an undeniable aura of honor ... come to less in the course of the XNUMXst century.
What are the causes of such loss of prestige? Was it greed, perhaps a mistress, or perhaps her inordinate arrogance? Pilar Eyre analyzes each of the aforementioned possibilities while presenting the reader with very intimate details of the king's life. From his childhood as a puppet of his father and Franco, through the frivolous young Casanova, to a sad decline saturated with controversy.
List of books by Pilar Eyre
Titles previously described in this article are omitted from the following timeline.
- Vips: all the secrets of the famous (1985)
- It all started at the Marbella Club (1989)
- Oblivion alley (1992)
- Women, twenty years later (1996)
- Quico Sabaté, the last guerrilla (2001)
- Cybersex (2002)
- Two Bourbons at Franco's Court (2005)
- Secrets and lies of the Royal Family (2007)
- The novel (2009)
- Imperial passion (2010)
- María La Brava: The King's Mother (2010)
- The loneliness of a queen: Sofia a life (2012)
- The queen of the house (2012)
- Do not forget me (2015)
- A love from the East (2016)
- Carmen, the rebel (2018)