SANTI FERNÁNDEZ PATÓN (1975) first came onto the literary scene in 2014 with his novel Grietas that won the Lengua de Trapo Prize and received considerable critical acclaim: "It grows in intensity and is truly memorable" (Fernando Castanedo: El País); "He has the mark of a writer of stature, one of those able to illustrate a general - or generational - problem through telling the everyday stories of particular people who function as archetypes." (Luis Matías López: Público); "Fernández Patón has vision and pulse" (Guillermo Busutil: La Opinión de Málaga); "We need novels like "Grietas" [Cracks] in out literary landscape." (Emma Quesada: Diagonal); "A virtuoso who writes with the precision of a surgeon. He is especially skilled in building up characters and then placing them in dehumanising contexts." (Pablo Bujalance: Málaga Hoy); "[…] He has the makings of someone who will become a key reference point in Spanish literature." (Rubén J. Olivares: Letras en …)