Gender and Memory in the Postmillennial Novels of Almudena Grandes

This book aims to illuminate the unique character of Grandes-s major postmillennial novels by examining the heretofore unexamined themes of perpetrator and gender memory, as well as reconceiving her representation of the memory of victimhood.

Lorraine Ryan is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Introduction Motherhood, Clothing and Class in Los aires difíciles. Memory, Masculinity and the Changing Spanish Family in El corazón helado. The Feminised Quest Romance in Inés y la alegría. Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress and the Gendered Reading Trope in El lector de Julio Verne. Internal Exile and Resistance in Las tres bodas de Manolita. Perpetration and the Stigma of Illness in Los pacientes del Dr. García. Conclusion