Victoria

Premio Planeta · 2024 · Winner

PlanetaOctober 15, 2024Literary Fiction Historical Fiction

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Award	Year	Status	Citation
Premio Planeta	2024	Winner

About This Book

A historical novel set during and after the Spanish Civil War following a woman who must navigate the complexities of survival under Francoism and the strategies of resistance available to women on the losing side.

About the Author

Paloma Sánchez-GarnicaES

Paloma Sánchez-Garnica is a Spanish novelist and lawyer born in 1966 in Madrid. She is the author of a substantial body of historical fiction, known for large-scale novels that engage with Spanish and European history in the twentieth century with both documentary rigor and emotional sensitivity. Sánchez-Garnica is the author of numerous novels including La embajadora (2016), Miss Sarajevo (2021), and Últimas noticias del paraíso (2022). Read more →