by Almudena Grandes · Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483835364
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«El corazón helado» is the historical novel by Almudena Grandes, published by Tusquets in paperback (1248 pages, in Spanish).
The novel opens with the death of Julio Carrión, a businessman whose fortune was born under Francoism, and at the funeral his son Álvaro sees an unknown young woman. That woman is Raquel, daughter and granddaughter of exiles in France, who knows her family's history. Their conflicting accounts of the Civil War, the Blue Division and the Transition intertwine until both lives end up crossing.
The work won the Premio Fundación José Manuel Lara 2008. It belongs to the MAXI collection from Tusquets, in its series 1.
Recommended for readers interested in Spanish historical fiction, the memory of the Civil War and multi-generational family plots.
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her "one of the most important writers of our time."
