During her time in New York, Mexico, and Cuba, she interacted with the mafia and faced difficult personal circumstances, including an early, tragic loss of a child. She returned to Spain as a glamorous, wealthy star.
Vicent places Piquer’s life against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and Francoism . Despite being later associated with the regime's preferred "folkloric" style, the novel argues she was a professional rebel who often defied censorship and administrative norms. Retrato De Una Mujer Moderna Manuel Vicent rar
The novel begins with a young Piquer in 1920s New York. Having arrived as a teenager who spoke only Valencian and knew nothing of the world beyond her family’s farm, she remarkably became a Broadway star during the Prohibition era . During her time in New York, Mexico, and