After a year apart, Naira and Jarek decide to move to London together, the city in which they met during their Erasmus exchange. The problem is that Jarek’s career as a pianist is taking off in the Czech Republic just as they should be leaving, and he’s forced to postpone the journey. But Naira decides to install herself in England anyway and begin a new life while she waits for him. Without any other company apart from her memories of the past with Jarek, Naira will have to confront the grey and murky city alone. To find a flat, get work, make new friends…...And, just as importantly, to see whether distance is an obstacle to love.
The winning novel of the fourth “La Caixa”/ Plataforma Literary Prize. Winners of previous editions of the prize have achieved success.
Jara Santamaría was born in Zaragoza in 1990 and currently lives in Madrid. A journalist by training, she works in the media. Her passion for literature began at a very early age, and in 2007 she won the Jordi Sierra i Fabra Prize for Young Writers with the novel “You’ll Eat the World”. “London After You”, winner of the “La Caixa” / Plataforma Literary Prize, is her second novel.