La Voz Dormida / The Sleeping Voice - Dulce Chacon

Unas en la retaguardia, otras en la vanguardia armada de la guerrilla; unas desde fuera, y otras tras los muros de la prisión madrileña de Ventas; todas mujeres, todas valientes y sacrificadas... n Una historia de coraje y dignidad que se convierte en testimonio y homenaje al papel desempeñado por muchas mujeres en los momentos decisivos de la guerra civil española y en los siguientes años de represión... nENGLISH DESCRIPTION n n It is 1939.

In the Ventas prison in Madrid, a group of women have been incarcerated. Their crime is to have supported or fought on the Republican side in Spain's cruel and devastating Civil War. n nChief among them are Hortensia, who fought with the militia and is pregnant by her husband Felipe - a man still at large and fighting against Franco's dictatorship - and who lives with the knowledge that she will be shot after she gives birth; sixteen-year-old Elvira, who tried to leave Spain with her mother, but was arrested by the Falangists while she was boarding their ship; Tomasa, whose husband, four sons, and daughter-in-law were thrown off a bridge; and Pepita, Hortensia's sister, who from outside the prison acts as messenger between her and her husband.

Dulce Chacón's deeply moving novel is based on the actual testimonies of a number of women who survived the Spanish Civil War, and suffered imprisonment under the France regime, as well as on accounts of others who died fighting for freedom. n n A bestseller in Spain, where it was voted Book of the year, The Sleeping Voice is remarkable for its combination of dramatic intensity and historical authenticity. n n And it was made into a successful movie in 2011.

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