by Ángela Reyes Jiménez · Verbum · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788479621964
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«Morir en Troya» is the historical novel by Ángela Reyes Jiménez, published by Verbum in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
Epío, an Achaean carpenter, recalls his childhood and his obsession with Helen, wife of Menelaus. He witnesses Helen's flight with Paris, which unleashes the Trojan War. After ten years he builds the horse that will allow entry into Troy, according to a dream of Ulysses. On his return, he sees the arrival of the Dorians and writes memoirs that recreate the Achaean universe.
Published in 2001, the novel won the fourth Juan Pablo Forner novel prize (Mérida, 1999) and belongs to Verbum's Narrativa collection.
For readers of historical fiction and the Trojan cycle who want to see the heroes of the Iliad and the Odyssey moved by human passions.
