Description
A masterpiece of unusual beauty by one of Europe's greatest living writers--a brilliant evocation of the Spanish Civil War On August 19, 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruña and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young, carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation. Out of this incident during the early months of Spain's tragic civil war, Manuel Rivas weaves a colorful tapestry of stories and unforgettable characters to create a panorama of 20th-century Spanish history--for it is not only the lives of Hercules the boxer and his friends that are tainted by the unending conflict, but also those of a young washerwoman who sees souls in the clouded river water and the stammering son of a judge who uncovers his father's hidden library. As the singed pages fly away on the breeze, their stories live on in the minds of their readers.
Author: Manuel Rivas
Publisher: Vintage UK
Published: 10/01/2011
Pages: 550
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780099520337
ISBN10: 0099520338
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Literary
Author: Manuel Rivas
Publisher: Vintage UK
Published: 10/01/2011
Pages: 550
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780099520337
ISBN10: 0099520338
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Manuel Rivas writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. A founding member of Greenpeace Spain, he is a major figure in Spanish literature, known for his journalism, as well as for his prize-winning short stories and novels, which include the internationally acclaimed "The Carpenter's Pencil." His works have been translated into20 languages."