by Almudena Grandes · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483835968
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«Inés y la alegría» is a historical novel by Almudena Grandes, published by Maxi-Tusquets in hardcover (736 pages, in Spanish).
Set in 1944, it recounts the invasion of the Aran Valley by Spanish guerrillas. It interweaves History with fictional characters: Inés, persecuted for supporting the Republic, and Jesús Monzón, a communist leader who organizes the operation. The novel addresses exile, resistance and the hope of those who returned to Spain in 1977.
First installment of the series Episodios de una guerra interminable, winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2011).
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Spanish Civil War, anti-Franco resistance and exile.
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."
