Doña Concha : La rosa y la espina

Concha Piquer is not only an icon of copla and a significant figure in Spanish romantic history: she was also a woman who broke the mold and changed many of the unwritten rules of show business. A child prodigy, a young Broadway star, and a lover with a notoriously unorthodox eye for men, she was the first female singer to have her own company, before the Spanish Civil War, and to have exclusive songs featured in her shows. Doña Concha: The Rose and the Thorn is an unusual biography that blends, in a series of vignettes, episodes from her life with interviews the author conducted with experts in copla and popular culture. The result is a book that offers a comprehensive overview of an entire era, as well as a work of impeccable conception and design.