Why read Prison of Women?

Book cover of Prison of Women: Testimonies of War and Resistance in Spain, 1939-1975

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A translation of women's testimonies about their experiences in the prisons of Spain following the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939 collected by Tomasa Cuevas, herself a surviving victim of the Francoist prison system.

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1 author picked Prison of Women as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Johana Gustawsson

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Tomasa Cuevas, who spent herself many years in jail during the Franco dictatorship, collected testimonies of women incarcerated following the Spanish civil war. Mary E. Giles brilliantly translated and edited those testimonies. Prison of women is a powerful book as it is an act of resistance by itself: Tomasa had to cross the country to interview those women at a time when Franco was still ruling and we cannot thank Mary E Giles enough for bringing these testimonies to us. She explains in a heart-warming introduction how she came to translate and edit this book.

From Johana's list on The best books on the resistance during the Spanish Civil War.