Books Burn Badly
Rivas, Manuel
ISBN 10: 0099520338 ISBN 13: 9780099520337
Editorial: Vintage, 2011
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Paperback
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Descripción:
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Sinopsis:
On 19 August 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 colourful tapestry of stories and unforgettable characters to create a panorama of twentieth-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.
Acerca del autor: Manuel Rivas was born in A Coruña in 1957. He writes in the Galician language of north-west Spain. He is well known in Spain 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 into twenty languages.
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Detalles bibliográficos
Título: Books Burn Badly
Editorial: Vintage
Año de publicación: 2011
Encuadernación: Paperback
Condición: Fair
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket