Editorial Planeta Presents "Como fuego en el hielo (Like Fire in Ice), by Luz Gabás

“Set in mid-19th century Spain, Como fuego en el hielo (Like Fire in Ice), a story about the powerful nature of first loves and the struggle against adversity, is a return for Luz Gabás to the romance of Palmeras en la nieve. What is life?

And how do we face it and those circumstances that can alter our destiny? These are some of the questions raised by the author’s newest novel, a romance in the historical and literary sense of the term.

While in Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow), we travel from the mountains to Equatorial Guinea in the midst of colonialism (1953), in search of the country’s roots, in Como fuego en el hielo, our protagonist leaves Madrid in 1853, fleeing a crime committed during a duel for honor to seek shelter in the mountains, her home. There, he is reunited with his first love, but is also forced to take over the family business. The circumstances are unfavorable to all…”.

The Spanish Bookstage 

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