Sonsoles Onega
When Internet users enter "Sonsoles Ónega Libros" in their web browser, the common results are associated with After Love (2017). It is a work based on a real life story that, the same year it was released, led Ónega to win the Fernando Lara Novel Prize. A thousand kisses forbidden (2020) also stands out among coincidences, and it is not surprising. This contemporary romantic novel is the most recent book presented by the Spanish author.
The career of this journalist and writer has received other important recognitions, highlighting having won the third edition of the Short Novel Literature Award, for Calle Habana, corner Obispo. In addition to the aforementioned books, the writer has published 3 other interesting works, all with great receptivity from readers and literary critics. Currently, the author works as a presenter on the channel Tele5.
Brief summary of the life of Sonsoles Ónega
Sonsoles Ónega Salcedo was born in Madrid, on Wednesday, November 30, 1977. She is the second daughter of the marriage between the renowned Galician journalist and writer Fernando Ónega and Marisol Salcedo. During her youth, Sonsoles was noted for being very intelligent and a lover of reading, a hobby she enjoyed among the books in the family library. Inspired by the trajectory of her father, Ónega decided to study a Bachelor of Journalism, and after studying at the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid, he received his degree.
Sonsoles Ónega has always kept her private life very discreet. She married in 2008 with the lawyer Carlos Pardo, a union that resulted in two sons. Their marriage came to an end in 2020, after a friendly separation process begun a year earlier.
Sonsoles Ónega, the journalist
After graduating with a specialization in audiovisual media, she began her first steps as a professional in CNN+. In 2005 he joined the television network Four. After 3 years of work there, he joined the channel Tele5, where he served 10 years as a parliamentary chronicler. In this medium, his journalistic career has been constantly growing.
In 2018, Sonsoles took on the challenge as moderator of the program “Ya es noon”, of which she is still the presenter. Among his last appearances, he animated the Sunday galas of the first season of the reality "The strong house" in 2020.
Sonsoles Ónega, the writer
To date, Ónega has created 6 interesting novels. His first book, Calle Habana, corner Obispo, was introduced in 2004; in this work the author shows the experiences of an oppressed Cuba. Where God was not (2007) was his second publication. It is a work inspired by the events of the Madrid attack known as 11M. Later, the writer published Encounters in Bonaval (2010) and We who wanted it all (2015)
Although the aforementioned works are of great literary quality, it was her fifth book that catapulted her to success. It's about the novel After Love (2017), based on real events. It is a story developed over 592 pages and is about a clandestine love that fights in the middle of the conflictive Spain of the 1930s. Now, To continue the work of her excellent pen, the writer published her book in 2020 A thousand kisses forbidden, which has had considerable acceptance.
Books by Sonsoles Ónega
Here is a brief review of the works of this Spanish author:
Calle Habana, corner of Obispo (2005)
It is the first book by Sonsoles Ónega. It is a short narrative novel, worthy of the third edition of the Short novel lyrics award. It presents the history of Cuba in the 90s, and the consequences suffered by the dissipation of the Soviet Union. Among its lines is a Cuban people that day after day suffers and fights without arms against the oppressive regime of Fidel Castro. This story was born from the experiences of the writer on a trip to Havana in 2000.
Its main protagonists are Saivy Cisneros Ballín and her son Sebastián; both fight in their own way against Castroism. Saivy tries to keep his house in good condition - while everything around it falls apart -, keeping alive the illusion of the return of his wife, who managed to leave the island years before. Sebastián, for his part, does his thing actively fighting from the dissent. It is a story full of a harsh reality that millions of Cubans still live.
Where God was not (2007)
It is the first novel written about the attack that occurred in Madrid on March 11, 2004, where there were 191 dead and almost 2000 wounded. The story begins at dawn that day, gradually describing the lives of various characters. Among them are a politician, a journalist, an immigrant, a judge and a prosecutor. Undoubtedly, a plot full of nuances in which all are protagonists who intertwine their lives on the train tracks.
That day, an Islamist group climbed into the wagons of the Alcalá de Henares station and planted explosives, thereby causing a great massacre. Ónega wrote this book focused on the feelings and experiences of the victims, without giving importance to the perpetrators. The author affirms that the facts presented are totally true, with allegations collected by herself during the 3 continuous years after the event.
After Love (2017)
On this occasion, Ónega presents a love novel set in Spain in the 30s, before the Civil War. This successful title tells a story of passion in hiding - based on real events. The work was so well accomplished that it won the XXII Fernando Lara Novel Prize. Its main characters are: Carmen Trilla - a woman locked in an unhappy marriage - and the army captain Federico Escofet.
Everything takes place in times when Captain Escofet had an important role in Spain and in the fight for the independence of Catalonia. Carmen, for her part, lived through difficult times, since it was a time in which women had no voice or vote. Both live a rebellious love that fights against society and the conflicts of that period. A great story that captures the reader and envelops him in a difficult reality lived by the Spanish.
A thousand kisses forbidden (2020)
After the success of his previous book, Ónega presents this contemporary romantic novel, which is set on the Gran Via de Madrid. The story begins with the chance meeting of Constance - a lawyer and recently divorced - and Mauro - a priest recently arrived from Rome. Causality brought together two destinations that in their youth lived a great illusion, and that for various reasons they had to separate.
The protagonists, meeting after 20 years, relive all those feelings that had been left on hiatus. After that, an internal struggle of emotion, passion and denials is unleashed because it is an impossible relationship. This story - narrated in the third person - It was written in 41 sensitive chapters in which two soul mates simply yearn for a happy ending.
