She was prolific, publishing short stories, novels, poetry, drama, children's literature, and cultural and historical studies from the 1940s until her death in 2000. Here, Blanco López de Lerma (literature, King's College, London) examines this work in light of Martín Gaite's Cuadernos de Todo (diary), letters, and other materials to discern the areas in which Martín Gaite actually used her own first-person experience in her novels of the 1990s. Opening with an interesting description of first-person writing and its relations with published work, Blanco López de Lerma advances to information specific to Martín Gaite's diaries, particularly passages on female friendship through writing, After personal searches through diaries and letters to find clues, she examines how Martín Gaite used the cinematographic technique to open the way for her own life writing. Rather than merely pointing our idiosyncrasies, Blanco López de Lerma finds the true roots of passages and provides interesting insights into Martín Gaite's work. Tamesis is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)