by Josefina R. Aldecoa · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433966308
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«Mujeres de negro» is the contemporary fiction novel by Josefina R. Aldecoa, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriela, widow of a executed Republican, lives with her daughter Juana in a Castilian city during the civil war. She agrees to marry the wealthy Mexican Octavio, and both settle in his hacienda in Puebla. Far from Spain, the relationship between them oscillates between dependence and rebellion; Juana returns to postwar Madrid to study at the university.
Part of Anagrama's Compactos collection, number 199. Published in 1999, this edition is from 2006.
Novel of interest to readers of historical and contemporary fiction about the Civil War and exile.
Josefina Aldecoa, originally known as Josefa Rodríguez Álvarez, was a Spanish writer and teacher born in León. She was married to the writer Ignacio Aldecoa, whose surname she adopted for her own literary career after his death. Josefina Aldecoa was the founder and Principal of the Colegio Estilo from 1959 until her death in 2011. She died on 16 March 2011 in Cantabria, due to respiratory problems, at the age of 85.
