by Carmen Kurtz · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432087349
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El desconocido is a novel by the Spanish writer Carmen Kurtz, winner of the Planeta Prize in 1956. The story narrates the return of a man who was a prisoner in a Russian concentration camp and his struggle to recover his life and his wife, who has waited for him for years. Through the intimate concerns of the characters, the author creates a living document of the time, reflecting the deepest doubts and feelings of the human condition.
Carmen Kurtz was a Spanish writer, who wrote under the name of her husband, Pedro Kurtz, in Spanish. Winner of various literary prizes - including the Planeta, and others, she made her name as a writer during the 1960s with a series of children's books featuring the main character, a boy called Óscar, who had a pet goose named Kina. She is known for her work in adult prose fiction and notably for her novel El desconocido
