Divorcio para una virgen rota

Synopsis of Divorcio para una virgen rota

«Divorcio para una virgen rota» is the novel by Ángel Palomino, published by Planeta in 1977 in paperback (335 pages, in Spanish).

Clara has been married to Miguel for fifteen years when she discovers from the newspaper death notices that her husband has died. That marriage, contracted at eighteen, was never consummated due to a psychological impediment on his part, and the news frees Clara from a false life. The novel follows her process of overcoming guilt and rebuilding her life, with an ironic and compassionate look at customs, marriage and divorce in Spain at the time.

Finalist for the Planeta Prize in 1977. The cover of this edition indicates fourth edition and 65,000 copies sold.

For readers of twentieth-century Spanish fiction interested in stories of female characters, social irony and urban costumbrismo.