by Ángeles de Irisarri · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427032071
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«Romance de ciego» is the historical novel by Ángeles de Irisarri, published by Booket in paperback (704 pages, in Spanish).
Spain at the end of the 19th century is the setting: the wealthy Arriazu family and the women around them experience the arrival of the railway, the telephone, electric light, movies and the automobile. While the masters accept progress, the servants are wary. The female protagonists take an active part and seek to decide their own future.
The action takes place between 1886 and 1907. The work won the Alfonso X el Sabio Historical Novel Prize in 2005.
For readers of historical fiction seeking a period portrait of fin-de-siècle Spain, with female protagonists.
