Overview
- ‘La ciudad de las luces muertas’ is set in postwar Barcelona and uses a gallery of cultural figures to craft a magical‑realist allegory that engages contemporary political anxieties.
- The jury praised its lyrical, atemporal prose and its melding of historical personalities into a story they called especially relevant at the start of 2026.
- The book is scheduled to reach bookstores on February 7.
- Uclés’s previous novel, ‘La península de las casas vacías’, sold roughly 300,000 copies, reinforcing expectations for strong readership and market interest.
- At the same ceremony, Francesc Torralba won the 58th Premi Josep Pla for ‘Anatomia de l’esperança’, and Uclés received the Nadal’s €30,000 award after submitting under the pseudonym Oriol Arce.