by Terenci Moix · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432055911
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«No digas que fue un sueño» is the historical novel by Terenci Moix, published by Planeta in hardcover (368 pages, in Spanish).
The work recreates the relationship between Mark Antony and Cleopatra, with romantic passion and political intrigue as the axes of a plot set in Egypt threatened by Rome's expansion. The Egyptian queen appears as a complex character, devoted to politics and aware of the cultural mixing of her kingdom, in a narrative that addresses love, death, and the fall of empires.
It won the Planeta Prize in 1986 and is the first installment of Terenci Moix's series «Sueños egipcios».
Recommended for readers interested in historical fiction about Antiquity and in award-winning contemporary Spanish narrative.
Terenci Moix was a Spanish writer, who wrote in the Spanish and in Catalan languages. He was the brother of poet/novelist Ana Maria Moix.
