Almudena Grandes (1960-2021) was a Spanish author, whose work includes 14 novels and three short story collections, many of which won literary awards. Her work has been adapted for the big screen, and translated into multiple languages. From her English Wikipedia page: she wrote about the Spanish experience in the last quarter of the 20th and first part of the 21st centuries, with her style being that os realism and psychological introspection. Grandes also wrote several novels about resistance to the Franco regime. Her characters are not typically cast as heroes or anti-heroes, rather people muddling through as best they can. Her last completed book, La madre de Frankensstein (2020), was about Aurora Rodriguez Carballeira, who shot her daughter, Hildegart. I have shown Hildegart's stamp in the past.
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Wow! A great stamp and story of this great woman, of whom I never knew anything. I will have to go and discover.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way!
DeleteSounds interesting, will have to add to my long list of authors to read.
ReplyDeleteThere are always too many books to read aren't there?
DeleteI'm glad you published this stamp :)
ReplyDeleteAlmudena Grandes is a favourite author, although I haven't read her last works.
It arrived with good timing to be chosen for this post
DeleteInteresting history behind Grandes. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteHopefully one day I'll get to read some of her work
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