The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer)

About this book

Written in Spanish, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s romance places love and women’s lives in a society shadowed by war, for readers interested in private feeling amid public upheaval. Along the Riviera, Monaco’s old city stands beside roads and tunnels built to serve wealthy winter visitors, making privilege part of the landscape. In one social scene, Valeria listens to the scientist Novoa explain ocean currents while a watching prince suspects she is also weighing his prospects as a husband. Later, Alicia’s grief over her child turns into fierce self-reproach, and Michael cannot reach her through it.