by Toti Martínez de Lezea · EMBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496231399
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«La calle de la judería» is the historical novel by Toti Martínez de Lezea, published by EMBOLSILLO in paperback (512 pages, in Spanish).
The novel tells the story of two families, one Jewish and one Christian, related to each other, in fifteenth-century Vitoria. It follows the fates of two brothers of Jewish origin, Yosef, who converts to Christianity, and Jonás, who remains faithful to his parents' religion, in an era marked by intolerance. The plot recreates daily life in the Jewish quarter and the difficulties of the conversos, from the sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer to the expulsion decree of 1492, with the old town of Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Casa del Cordón as main settings.
The work belongs to the BIBLIOTECA TOTI MARTÍNEZ DE LEEZEA series, which includes other historical novels by the author. The paperback edition, published in 2005, has 512 pages and a paperback format.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and family sagas set in medieval Spain, especially those interested in the history of Jews and conversos in the Basque Country.
Esperanza Martínez de Lezea García is a Spanish writer who writes both in Spanish and Basque. She is a certified translator in French, English and German. She is also a television presenter and actor; she is one of the founders of the Kukubiltxo theatre company.
