The anti-Franco guerrilla in the Spanish novel. "Las noches sin estrellas" (1961) by Nino Quevedo

Abstract

In 1960, Ramiro Pinilla’s Las ciegas hormigas won the Nadal Prize. That same year, Nino Quevedo’s Las noches sin estrellas was awarded a humble third place. The latter is one of the first novels written during the Spanish post-Civil War period focusing on the guerrilla. The book is totally unknown to a wide audience and rescuing it becomes thus an academic obligation, especially in the current literary trend on this topic. Outstanding samples of novels on the Spanish guerrilla show how this literary interest has recently raised. Last year’s Nadal Prize was awarded to the work of Alicia Giménez Bartlett, Donde nadie te encuentre, which revolves around the life of “Pastora”, one of the most prosecuted Republican partisans. Another example is the last novel of Almudena Grandes, Inés o la alegría, which depicts the maquisards’ failed attempt to invade the Vall d’Aran.