by Almudena Grandes · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483103739
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«El corazón helado» is the historical novel by Almudena Grandes, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (936 pages, in Spanish).
The funeral of Julio Carrión, a businessman from the Franco era, reveals to his son Álvaro the existence of an unknown young woman and family secrets. Raquel, a descendant of exiles in France, carries an unresolved family history. Two family stories, from the Civil War to the Transition, cross paths in the lives of Álvaro and Raquel.
It belongs to the Andanzas collection from Tusquets, number 625. This novel won the Fundación José Manuel Lara Prize in 2008.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary Spanish literature interested in family memory and the aftermath of the Civil War.
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her "one of the most important writers of our time."
