New from Regal House Publishing, Minerva, a girl raised in a politically divided country

RALEIGH, N.C. - May 20, 2026 - PRLog -- Regal House Publishing announces its new publication Minerva by Keila Vall de la Ville. Keila Vall de la Ville is a five times awarded author of the novels Minerva (2023/2026); Los días animales/The Animal Days (2016/2021); the short stories Ana no duerme (2007), Ana no duerme y otros cuentos (2016) and Enero es el mes más largo (2021); the poetry books Viaje legado (2016) and Perseo en si Bemol (2023); and the chronicles El día en que Corre Lola Corre dejó sin aire a Murakami (2022).

About Minerva
Minerva tells the story of a girl raised in a patriarchal, politically divided country, where her unique family is both a source of strength and a symbol of defiance. As the only child in a queer, multi-partnered family—two fathers and a mother—Minerva's personal freedoms stand in stark contrast to the rigid authoritarianism of public life. When a political event threatens her life, Minerva is forced to flee her homeland and seek refuge in New York City. As she begins to navigate her new, isolated life, her mother is kidnapped in Caracas and her world is turned upside down. Determined to reunite with her family, Minerva returns home, only to realize that the looming threat of losing her mother has shown her the ultimate truth: love is the only thing that truly matters.

Praise for Minerva
"Traveling half the world over, Keila Vall de la Ville narrates an itinerary that is an adventure, a travel chronicle, and a metaphor for discovery: a journey through the essential things that have been deep inside us all along, but which we must spend a long time seeking before we can find, recognize, and accept."
— Antonio Muñoz Molina (Jerusalem Prize 2013, Prince of Asturias Award 2013)

"A one-of-a-kind author."
— Boris Muñoz, Senior Staff Editor, New York Times

"…among the most talented writers of her generation."
— Yolanda Pantin, Federico García Lorca International Poetry Prize

Publication Details
Paperback: 282 pages
ISBN: 9781646036738
US $20.95 / CAN $28.95
Epub/Mobipocket
ISBN: 9781646036745
US $9.99 / CAN $14.99

Available at bookstores, online retailers, and direct at the publisher's storefront (https://regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/).

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