by Leonardo Padura · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788411076630
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«Morir en la arena» is the contemporary novel by Leonardo Padura, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Rodolfo, recently retired, carries the trauma of the Angolan war and the murder of his father at the hands of his brother Geni. When Geni, terminally ill, is released from prison and heads to the family home, grudges and secrets resurface. His daughter and a young man from Havana will be his last support in a story spanning fifty years of Cuba.
The novel, based on a real crime, is part of the Andanzas collection from Tusquets Editores and was published on 27 August 2025.
For readers of contemporary fiction and literary fiction, especially those who follow the work of Leonardo Padura and Cuban narrative.
Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his Mario Conde detective novels and for El hombre que amaba a los perros (2009). In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain.
