by Ángeles de Irisarri · Ediciones Martínez Roca · tapa dura · ISBN 9788427031272
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«Romance de ciego» is the historical novel by Ángeles de Irisarri, published by Ediciones Martínez Roca in hardcover (600 pages, in Spanish).
In late nineteenth-century Spain, the well-to-do Arriazu family witnesses the arrival of the railway, the telephone, electric light, cinema and the automobile. While the masters enthusiastically embrace these inventions, the servants view them with suspicion. The female protagonists drive the narrative and fight to decide their own destiny, immersed in a world of social change, conflicting feelings and secrets that foreshadow the twentieth century.
Winner of the Alfonso X El Sabio Historical Novel Prize in 2005. Part of the MR Novela Histórica collection, volume 1. The cover subtitle is «1886-1907».
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and Spanish narrative with female protagonists.
