by Ana María Moix · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422661078
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«Vals negro» is the novel by Ana María Moix, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (208 pages, in Spanish).
The novel tells the story of Elisabeth of Bavaria, known as Sissi, from a deliberately literary perspective. The court ceremonial is shown as an oppressive and unhealthy machinery that envelops the empress, portrayed as an enigmatic, restless and disillusioned figure, immersed in the decline of an empire on the eve of modernity.
Novel winner of the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona for literature in the Spanish language in 1994.
For readers interested in the figure of Sissi, contemporary Spanish narrative and the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Ana María Moix was a Spanish poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and editor. A member of the Novísimos, she was the younger sister of the writer, Terenci Moix.
