Review of the book “La sangre del padre,” by Alfonso Goizueta

ActualidadLiteratura reviews this historical novel written by the young internationalist, historian, podcaster, and Spanish author Alfonso Goizueta, one of the finalists for the 2023 Planeta Prize.

Alfonso Goizueta, who is also a doctor, surprised everyone after the publication of his most recent work, with which he participated in the contest and was nominated, attracting the attention of a much broader audience.

At just 23 years old, Alfonso Goizueta became one of the most prominent authors on the Spanish-speaking scene. This has been, above all, due to the genre of his novel, the images he draws in its pages, the writer's own age and the scholarly vision that he preserves about a figure that has captivated the world since the classical era: Alexander the Great.

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