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María Dueñas in conversation with Romina Pons

Mapping stories

Querétaro 2026, 

The geographies of María Dueñas (Spain) place the protagonist of Por si un día volvemos in Oran in the 1920s. Although she has, on the face of it, crossed the Mediterranean to escape poverty, every flight has more than one motive, and as the plot unfolds, we will peel back all the layers of her story. The author of The Time In Between, Las hijas del capitán and Sira retains those characteristic elements —migratory movements, courageous women as protagonists— that have made her one of the most important and widely read writers in the Spanish-speaking world. In conversation with Romina Pons.

María Dueñas in conversation with Romina Pons