Maylis de Kerangal (Toulon, 1967) has worked in the publishing world and is the author, among others, of the novels Je marche sous un ciel de traîne, La Vie voyageuse, Corniche Kennedy and Tangente vers l'est, and the book of stories Neither fleurs nor couronnes. In Anagrama he has published the novel Birth of a Bridge, translated into eight languages ​​and awarded the Medici Awards, Franz Hessel and Gregor von Rezzori: "We are not only told the story of the construction of a suspension bridge in the Californian imaginary city of Coca, but the fate of a dozen characters from different parts of the planet to work in such a company, which, as cross lives, are shown in such a rare scenario ... A panoramic view of a bird without a helmet Nor protection of the human soul "(Ángeles López, La Razón); "Birth of a bridge is a novel that drags like a soulless locomotive to the last page. A great novel. Almost three hundred pages glowing, tight and full of power and tension "(Jesús Ferrero, El País); "Singular and surprising" (Iñaki Ezquerra, El Comercio).