by Zoé Valdés · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467204230
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«Lobas de mar» is the historical novel by Zoé Valdés, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (252 pages, in Spanish).
The plot follows Ann Bonny and Mary Read, two women who in the 18th century refuse the submissive destiny society imposes on them and end up becoming pirates in the Caribbean. Their desire for independence and their need to live other experiences lead them to a man-dominated world, where they fight to build their own identity and become legends.
«Lobas de mar» won the Fernando Lara Novel Prize 2003; the Círculo de Lectores edition was published with a dust jacket.
For readers of historical and adventure novels with female protagonists and Caribbean setting.
Zoé Valdés is a Cuban novelist, poet, scriptwriter, film director and blogger. She studied at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona, but did not graduate. From 1984 to 1988, she worked for the Delegación de Cuba at UNESCO in Paris and in the Oficina Cultural de la Misión de Cuba in Paris. From 1990 to 1995, she was an editor of the magazine Cine Cubano. She lives with her daughter in Paris. She has been married three times: with Cuban writer Manuel Pereira Quintero, Cuban government official José Antonio González and Cuban independent filmmaker Ricardo Vega.
