Sandra Barneda is a well-known Spanish journalist famous for her collaborations on reality TV shows.. However, in addition to these appearances on television and his journalistic work, Barneda must have felt the writing bug because since 2013 he has published five books and is on his way to his sixth.
His novel An ocean to reach you was even a finalist Planet Award in the years 2020. His continued approximation to the female figure, always present in all his works, is striking. The duality of this woman, between her work with her heart's content from Mediaset and her success writing books, can be a good excuse to meet her. We present you her books.
Sandra Barneda books
Laugh in the Wind (2013)
This is his first novel. It is a story of searching, of the need to get lost in order to find oneself again when the present seems unable to offer more, because reality has run into a wall. The story of a woman who is going through a crisis and who needs to put land in between, to Bali, exactly. There he will meet many different people, a new panorama will open up for him and he will live experiences that can help him put his life, his mind and his heart in order. In addition to fun and learning, there will be no lack of mystery with a sudden murder. A vitalist novel full of feelings.
The Land of Women (2014)
The land of women it is a journey to the past and to the wisdom of the ancestors capable of giving new opportunities and even changing destiny. In this history the reader moves to La Muga, a remote place whose government falls into the hands of a group of wise and generous old women. The narration is carried out by several generations of women. Gala Malborough arrives in a town in the Empordà with her two daughters to take charge of an inheritance from a relative you don't know. Although she hopes to return to her home in New York soon, her stay there will be more important to her than she expected.
How to Build a Superheroine (2014)
How to build a superhero is a short story that talks about double identity. The person you are and the person you would like to be and how they can be confused with each other. This is the story of Ivanna and Vania, two very different women, one real and the other created that ends up being made of flesh and blood as well. Ivanna is a timid girl, while Vania is provocative; Ivanna, simple, and Vania, a worldly and sexy woman. Both come together, and the decisive moment will come for Ivanna in which she will have to show herself how she really is.
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They will talk about us (2016)
This is a non-fiction book that deals with the criminality that has always accompanied the female figure. Barneda talks about women and deadly sins to put into perspective a range of women, all of them with very different lives. However, as a whole they share a transgressive feminine bias: politicians, concubines, queens, actresses, presenters... Finally, women have always been seen as sin itself, the cause of man's evils. The author turns the tables and through the deadly sins tries to put women who have made history in their place, like Marie Antoinette, Bette Davis or Hillary Clinton, for example.
The daughters of the water (2018)
With this story, feminism continues to be very present in Barneda's work. We move to Venice, year 1793. Arabella Massari has organized a great masquerade ball in her palace. Lucrezia Viviani will attend him; her that night she will meet, in spite of herself, the man she must marry. Lucrezia is the heir to the legacy of Las Hijas del Agua, a secret brotherhood. With this story, Barneda composes the third of his novels that revolves around two themes: sorority and the legacy of wisdom. This background can also be seen in Laugh in the wind y The land of women.
An Ocean to Get to You (2020)
Sandra Barneda is confirmed as a fiction writer thanks to this novel, finalist of the Planet Award 2020. Through the letters of his recently deceased mother, Gabriele discovers some secrets. On the one hand, the forgotten truths will unravel the relationship with his father, on the other, changes will come that will transform the life of his family forever. A tale of nostalgia and family relationships which sometimes become more difficult than they should be. A work that continues the vitalist line that is immutable in the author's work.
The Waves of Lost Time (2022)
The launch of the new novel by Sandra Barneda arrives this coming September. This work delves into the pain of loss, speaks of friendship and leisurely time, the one that stops during the summers of childhood and youth. Some friends had an accident two decades ago; but they're not ready to close the past. The end of a terrible winter night has brought them to the point where they find themselves and the friends are now nothing more than strangers trying to cope with the burden of guilt. But guilt can become a very heavy burden.
About the author
Sandra Barneda was born in Barcelona in 1975. She graduated in Journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has worked in a multitude of television and radio media and has also participated in some television series (Afterclass, Companions, Javier no longer lives alone). However, he has had and has a long professional career in reality shows and Spanish heart programs: Survivors, Gran Hermano, Viva la vida, La Noria, Save me o The island of temptations, to name a few.
There is no doubt that between all this activity and her new facet as a writer, she is a versatile woman who does not stand still. The magazine Forbes declared her in 2020 one of the most influential women in Spain. His face is popular thanks to the multitude of works he has done on television, but with his finalist position in the renowned Planet Award that same year it has been able to be known by an even wider public. Since 1997 he has been active.