Their lives were bigger than the river. They chased their dreams on the banks of the Mississippi. Their lives were bigger than the river.
After years of colonization, the Girard family accepts their country's (France's) controversial decision to cede part of the untamed lands of the Mississippi to Spain in 1763; however, they will suffer the consequences of their compatriots' rebellions against the Spanish, the American war against the English for the independence of the United States, and the desperate struggle of the native Indians for the survival of their peoples. In such turbulent times, Suzette Girard and Ishcate, an Indian from the Kaskaskia tribe, will fight their own battle: to preserve their love from the threats of the world they live in.
All of this makes for a captivating and monumental novel that spans the four decades in which Spain possessed the legendary lands of Louisiana. Luz Gabás, one of the most widely read authors in our literary landscape, returns to bookstores with a novel that will captivate all her readers, just as ten years have passed since the publication of her first book, *Palmeras en la nieve* (Palms in the Snow), a critical and sales phenomenon internationally, whose film adaptation was a resounding box office success. Her new work, *Lejos de Luisiana* (Far from Louisiana), winner of the 2022 Planeta Award, is a masterful novel and a grand historical fresco about Spain's adventure in the heart of North America.
