Author of the novel Mixtape 91-92
A generational portrait of friendship and the last year of school in early-90s Spain: a nostalgic journey back to the years we didn't know we were living.
The years we didn't know we were living
The novel
September 1991. For Ferrer, summer ends with his whole future up in the air. While the rest of the world gets ready for the new school year, he's betting everything on staying with his inseparable gang: Tito, David and Ángel. If he doesn't pass his September retakes, he'll miss the chance to do COU, the pre-university year, with them, and the group will break up before its time.
With that uncertainty in the background, a year unfolds that promises to be decisive: a year of classroom trench warfare, of teachers who leave a mark and others who seem like enemies, of trips where everything is new, of discovering love and of news that can change your life, all with music as the common thread.
With the shadow of the university entrance exams counting down to adult life, Mixtape 91-92 is an authentic, funny and nostalgic chronicle of that precise moment when childhood fades and we're forced to decide who we want to be.
What readers are saying
- Sold out at the Valladolid Book Fair
- Top 5 internationally in the UK and Germany
- Bestseller in Friendship Fiction in Spain
“A book hasn't moved me so much in a long time. … I knew then that this was destined to be one of my most memorable reads, one of my favourite books.”
Goodreads review, UK
“Mixtape 91-92 is the kind of book that sneaks up on you. What begins as a breezy coming-of-age story set in early-nineties Spain … quietly deepens into something genuinely moving.”
Amazon.com review, US
“The world building is perfect – I feel like I actually moved to Spain for 4 days, and experienced it firsthand.”
Goodreads review, UK
“For anyone who ever recorded a song off the radio with one finger hovering over the pause button, or passed a note to someone they didn't quite have the nerve to talk to, this one is for you.”
Amazon.com review, US
“A coming-of-age story about growing beyond your environment and stepping into adulthood told with a nostalgic, reflective tone.”
Goodreads review, US
About me: from servers to stories
I was born in Valladolid, Spain, in 1975, and I've been working in the guts of the internet almost since the beginning. In 1997 I founded Digival with my partner Alberto, and more than twenty-five years later I'm still there, working in the digital world every day.
But it's not all screens and code. When I need to switch off, I swap the keyboard for running shoes or my bike. I'm passionate about triathlons, I get by in English and French, and I'm always looking for the next challenge. The latest has been, without a doubt, the most personal of all: sitting down to write.
If you'd like to tell me what you thought of the book, or just have a chat, find me on Instagram as @salvasoy.
También en español: Varios 91-92, la edición original de la novela.