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Uncertain Glory
Joan Sales
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Description for Uncertain Glory
Paperback. Lost illusions, lost ideals, lost youth - the masterpiece of the Spanish Civil War. Translator(s): Bush, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
SPAIN, 1937. Posted to the Aragonese front, Lieutenant Lluis Ruscalleda eschews the drunken antics of his comrades and goes in search of intrigue. But the lady of Castel de Olivo - a beautiful widow with a shadowy past - puts a high price on her affections. In Barcelona, Trini Milmany struggles to raise Lluis' son on her own, letters from the front her only solace. With bombs falling as fast as the city's morale, she leaves to winter with Lluis' brigade on a quiet section of the line. ... Read more
SPAIN, 1937. Posted to the Aragonese front, Lieutenant Lluis Ruscalleda eschews the drunken antics of his comrades and goes in search of intrigue. But the lady of Castel de Olivo - a beautiful widow with a shadowy past - puts a high price on her affections. In Barcelona, Trini Milmany struggles to raise Lluis' son on her own, letters from the front her only solace. With bombs falling as fast as the city's morale, she leaves to winter with Lluis' brigade on a quiet section of the line. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857051530
SKU
V9780857051530
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About Joan Sales
Joan Sales (1912-1983) was a Catalan writer, translator and publisher. He obtained a Law degree in 1932 and was a member of regional anarchist and communist groups. In the Civil War he fought on the Madrid and Aragonese fronts before going into exile in France in 1939. He moved to Mexico in 1942, returning to Catalonia in 1948, after which ... Read more
Reviews for Uncertain Glory
Philosophical and earthy, tragic and funny, honest, raw, superb: Sales makes Hemingway seem thin, even anemic, in comparison. This book is a rich and highly recommended feast.
Kirkus (Best Fiction of 2017)
In this bravura novel of the Spanish Civil War 1936-39, Catalan author Joan Sales evokes its messy, devastating lived reality, but even more memorably the intense ... Read more
Kirkus (Best Fiction of 2017)
In this bravura novel of the Spanish Civil War 1936-39, Catalan author Joan Sales evokes its messy, devastating lived reality, but even more memorably the intense ... Read more