Join me as I chat with Ana Veciana-Suarez, author of Dulcinea listed in the Literature category on Art In Fiction.

View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BKX2HsA43_c

• Overview of the story of Dulcinea as being about a wealthy Barcelona woman called Dolça who is cast as the fictional muse of Miguel Cervantes
• Use of the dual-timeline narrative in the novel
• Ana's family background in Barcelona and its influence on her novel
• Why Cervantes? How the idea for the novel percolated for fifty years
• Research for Dulcinea and the benefits of visiting the areas where the novel takes place
• Spain in the 16th century: the constraints on women, the role of the church, and the tremendous civic power of the Inquisition
• Use of primary sources while researching Dulcinea
• Why Dolça is an artist, and the existence of female artists during the period
• How Dolça's relationship to her painting evolves in the novel as a result of her relationship with Cervantes
• The theme of Dulcinea
• Reading from Dulcinea
• Things that Ana learned from writing her novel
• What Ana is working on now

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