The Hormiguero | Neither controversy nor milk: the truth of Carmen Mola

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The visibility that television gives is not given by anyone, not the radio, not the written press, or anything at all. So if you have to give explanations and be heard, it is best to choose the small screen and, if possible, a program with large audiences. That is,

. And this is what the authors who were hiding behind the pseudonym of

, the screenwriters

,

and

,

did last night

, and who a few weeks ago placed themselves at the center of the media hurricane by winning the

for their book

. Since then they have tried to avoid the controversy by following the rule of 'quiet, you are more handsome'. Until last night, last night they had no choice but to answer, explain and get wet.

: the thing is so simple that as simple as it is, it surprises.

Aware of what it means to be the guests in

, the three authors-screenwriters took advantage of the visit to be able to give their version and, above all, to calm the spirits, very fired up since it was discovered that behind

, the false author of the trilogy

, there were

. Those were days of 'being burned at the stake', of opening a melon that if it had not been for them would not have been opened or would not have been opened with so much contempt in some cases and so much praise in others. They said it themselves last night: "The issue deserves a debate and if in the end our 'coming out of the closet' generates more debate about it, it

"And what is that? Well, taking it to the less brainy plane," a debate on feminism and literature. "

That behind

there was not a woman but three men, that her books have been sold like hotcakes and that they have also won the Planeta Prize has caused a debate that with all the sincerity in the world I find it difficult to understand.

When you choose a book in a bookstore, how do you do it?

Do you notice if the author is female or male?

Do you get carried away only by the title?

Do you buy, according to the recommendations that have been made to you?

Do you look at the summary on the back cover?

Last night

asked them something similar: "In an imaginary world without authors, would the list of best sellers change?"

You answer first before reading their answer.

"People want to read something they like. We hide behind a novel, not a pseudonym, and people liked it without even being in networks,"

replied

.

"I think not. What connects with people are the stories, who has written it does not matter," replied

, the most macabre of the three, the culprit of scenes like that of worms devouring a brain.

In fact, it was

who got the most wet with all the controversy.

But it is that perhaps the controversy is not that, it is why they chose the name of a woman, why they were going to sell more,

.

The caution of the authors behind Carmen Mola in El Hormiguero

A

from which both he and the rest have preferred to stay as far away as possible, although without them, without their

, without a pseudonym, it would never have become so visible. And you have to make them look at that, if they had not chosen the name of a woman, if they had not hidden behind an imaginary author, who would have spoken of feminism or machismo in literature? Yes, talking is talked about, but

Not a joke. It does not matter if they call it

, as did the opponents of the strategy of these three scriptwriters, it does not matter if they remove their books from their shelves, it does not matter if they are on target and that all the darts go against them, they are aware and what they transmit is that they do not want moves or to enter wells from which later they cannot get out.

"With how well it was in anonymity. It was much better when no one knew who

" they said as soon as the interview started in

, aware that as of today they will no longer be able to remain in that anonymity that you allows you to go down the street without anyone recognizing you.

And perhaps that is why they wanted to explain themselves, that is why they wanted to give their version, that is why they wanted to take away the iron from the matter.

Importance, just.

Neither controversy nor milk, here there are three friends who one day began to write a book that ended in a trilogy and who considered that putting the names of the three on the cover of a book was unsightly and would not look good.

There will be those who believe it and there will be those who do not, but as they told it, it made perfect sense: "It comes out that we are three and three names is horrible in a book. And then we made the decision of what pseudonym we could use. We were in a bar and we started talking, 'we wear an American one, Susan? No; a German one, Germán ?; Do we give ourselves a female name? Which was the most alien to us. Paula? No;

? Yes. It's cool, isn't it? Well, it's cool,

. I swear we think about novels more, "said

.

So simple, so uncomplicated, so simple, so naive and so silly that there will be those who will find it hard to believe it and others will be surprised.

This is how Carmen Mola was created

Is that his answer was the complete opposite of what has been speculated in recent weeks about whether they chose the name of a woman because now women are read more and female authors are taken into account more than if there was a great marketing campaign at the expense of women's literature, etc. As the creation of

was sold

It seemed that those who were behind more than scriptwriters were evil minds of crime, serial killers of literature. Well, neither so much nor so bald: three men who wrote a book, who did not like that their three names appeared on the cover, who left for reeds, who asked for "some bravas" and who began to think. Surely there was more to that conversation than a ¿Paula? Germán? Susan?

"We have lived it with great tranquility. We have tried not to get into social networks. And there have been things that have made us very funny. The Spanish ingenuity every time something happens is demonstrated with the memes," they affirmed with leaden feet because last night You could tell that yes, they were going to explain themselves, but that they were going to measure each of their words. They are aware of what they have caused and are not going to throw more into the fire. Not even when

asked them about the bookstore that removed all

books

because it only sells author's books, did they dare to say a but. They limited themselves to welcome the debate and to ensure that what connects with people are the stories, period.

.

Now that we know how the name of

was conceived

, what is 'her' truth, it remains to be seen how three screenwriters manage to write a book, and not only that it makes sense, but that it becomes a

and the previous , The Gypsy Bride trilogy, one of the most widely read in recent times. "We are democratic. When you do not agree, we are three with what one of the ideas will always win," explained

. "In the end reason triumphs and if an idea is bad you have to say 'your idea is bad'.

" added

.

Carmen Mola

has brought them many joys (there is a million euros from

), but she also brought with her the sacrifice of a double life. Can you imagine having to hide for three years that you are

, that you are behind the creator of

? "At home you have 25 times the same book in Spanish because of the reissues that the editor sends you and, in addition, all the translations. The people who came home thought that he was depraved, that he had an obsession with this

",

confessed

. "My daughter had to say at school that her father was a polyglot," added

. Easy what is said easy should not be. Hiding behind a pseudonym has its advantages, but also its flaws and more when it is discovered and nothing is what it seems.

Because the secret of

, the theories about

were infinite and most extravagant, even

could be behind! "The one we liked the most was that

was

and that is why she had retired from politics," they said. But now, when it has already been possible to assimilate that Carmen Mola is

,

and

, there are still dozens of questions: Did no one really suspect? Did no one in the literary world really know? Is what

parents have done really that bad?

?

Would you really stop reading his books because they were written by three men instead of one woman?

There he left that for you.

For now, I'm going to open

.

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