by Manuel Vicent · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420460567
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«Retrato de una mujer moderna» is Manuel Vicent's biographical novel, published by Alfaguara in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
Concha Piquer, a young woman from the Valencian orchards, triumphs on Broadway during Prohibition and returns to Spain as an emblematic figure. Manuel Vicent combines reality and fiction to tell her life and her encounters with writers, bullfighters and politicians, against the backdrop of the postwar period and Francoism.
Work from the Narrativa Hispánica collection. Manuel Vicent has published other novels with Alfaguara, such as Son de mar and Ava en la noche.
For readers of historical and biographical fiction, especially those who want to approach the figure of Concha Piquer and 20th-century Spain.
Manuel Vicent is a Spanish writer. He was born in La Vilavella, Castellón and studied philosophy and law at the University of Valencia. A prolific author, he has written more than 40 books. He has won several literary prizes, including the Premio Nadal and the Premio Alfaguara, which he won twice.
