by Almudena Grandes · Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483832530
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«Inés y la alegría» is the historical novel by Almudena Grandes, published by Tusquets in paperback (736 pages, in Spanish).
The novel interweaves the story of Inés, a Republican woman trying to leave her past behind, with the invasion of the Aran Valley in October 1944, prepared by the Spanish National Union. Amid the collective feat of the guerrillas who dream of liberating Spain, exile and return, a love story slips in.
First installment of the series «Episodios de una guerra interminable», published in 2010 and winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize in 2011.
For readers of historical fiction and narrative on the Spanish Civil War and anti-Franco resistance.
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."
