by Maureen Lindley · Ediciones El Andén · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496929753
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«La vida secreta de Joya de Oriente» is a biographical novel by Maureen Lindley, published by Ediciones El Andén in hardback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Based on the real life of Yoshiko Kawashima, the novel tells her story from a cell, at the end of the Second World War, as she awaits execution for high treason. Raised in Japan and established in Shanghai, Joya de Oriente defies the submissive role imposed on her and moves between seduction, espionage and the intrigues of the era.
Published in 2008, the Spanish translation is by Montserrat Gurguí and Hernán Sabaté. Its original title is The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel. It belongs to the Gran Vía collection.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and fictionalised biographies, particularly those who enjoy espionage plots and transgressive female characters.
