Maruja Torres: "I haven't got the guts for fence-sitting right now"
At 83, Spanish journalist Maruja Torres publishes 'Cuanta más gente me jode, más buenos momentos tengo', a journey from Paris in 1968 to Beirut in 1987 and 1990s Hollywood.
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At 83, Maruja Torres has published the book 'Cuanta más gente me joroba, más buenos momentos tengo', an atlas of her travels around the world. The Barcelona-born journalist sums up her state of mind in one phrase: "I have a peaceful old age of rage".
The journalist **Maruja Torres** has published a book covering much of her professional life. It is titled *Cuanta más gente me joroba, más buenos momentos tengo* and is published by **Temas de Hoy**. The author was born in **Barcelona** 83 years ago and still works every day.
## A journey through half a century of journalism
The volume works as a personal atlas of her travels. It begins in **Paris in 1968** and continues through **Beirut in 1987**, two settings that shaped her career. The route ends in **1990s Hollywood**.
Torres walks with a cane, but keeps up an intense working pace. She gets up at seven, reads the papers over breakfast, does her exercises and heads out. That very day she had already given an interview about the book's publication.
## "A peaceful old age of rage"
The author defines her current moment with an image that leaves no room for nuance. "I have a peaceful old age of rage", she says at 83. The phrase sums up a stance on life sustained through decades in the trade.
On middle-of-the-road positions in public debate, Torres is blunt. "I haven't got the shishi for equidistance right now", she declares. The remark fits a journalistic career marked by opinion without hedging.
## A career between trenches and red carpets
Torres's biography spans war reporting and society journalism. She covered conflicts in the **Middle East** and later settled as a correspondent in the **United States**. From that mix comes a book that leaps from the trenches to the red carpets.
The book's title works as a statement of intent. The author turns other people's irritation into narrative material and fuel to keep writing. At 83, old age has taken away neither her cane nor her sharp tongue.
The journalist **Maruja Torres** has published a book covering much of her professional life. It is titled *Cuanta más gente me joroba, más buenos momentos tengo* and is published by **Temas de Hoy**. The author was born in **Barcelona** 83 years ago and still works every day.
## A journey through half a century of journalism
The volume works as a personal atlas of her travels. It begins in **Paris in 1968** and continues through **Beirut in 1987**, two settings that shaped her career. The route ends in **1990s Hollywood**.
Torres walks with a cane, but keeps up an intense working pace. She gets up at seven, reads the papers over breakfast, does her exercises and heads out. That very day she had already given an interview about the book's publication.
## "A peaceful old age of rage"
The author defines her current moment with an image that leaves no room for nuance. "I have a peaceful old age of rage", she says at 83. The phrase sums up a stance on life sustained through decades in the trade.
On middle-of-the-road positions in public debate, Torres is blunt. "I haven't got the shishi for equidistance right now", she declares. The remark fits a journalistic career marked by opinion without hedging.
## A career between trenches and red carpets
Torres's biography spans war reporting and society journalism. She covered conflicts in the **Middle East** and later settled as a correspondent in the **United States**. From that mix comes a book that leaps from the trenches to the red carpets.
The book's title works as a statement of intent. The author turns other people's irritation into narrative material and fuel to keep writing. At 83, old age has taken away neither her cane nor her sharp tongue.
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