Edition 34 (1985)

NovelSpanish-language literatureFor unpublished manuscripts

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Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera Winner

A historical novel set in 1808 Spain, following Joseph Bonaparte as he is pulled into the vortex of throne and history.

The time of a king who cannot be accepted as king overlaps with a turning point in Spanish history.

288 pages

historical fictionSpanish historyJoseph BonaparteroyaltyNapoleonic era

Francisco Umbral Runner-up

A satirical, quasi-autobiographical novel that blends childhood memories with political myth in the atmosphere of postwar Spain.

Fragments of memory lift the landscape of postwar Spain into an uncanny register.

236 pages

postwar Spainmemorysatireautobiographical elementspolitical myth