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Author
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Serge Pey's stories are vivid vignettes of the lives of Spanish Civil War refugees and their children, who fled on foot from Catalonia to Southern France through the Pyrenees, only to be interned in French prison camps upon their arrival. A kaleidoscope of memory and imagination, the collection is a series of surreal glimpses from the perspective of political refugees, many of them children. Through their eyes, we see the secret language of resistance:...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Presented by Hemingway's grandson Seán Hemingway, with a personal foreword by the author's son Patrick Hemingway, this new enhanced Library Edition of Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece about an American in the Spanish Civil War features early drafts and supplementary material, including three previously uncollected short stories on war by one of the greatest writers on the subject in history.
Author
Publisher
[Mira Canion]
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
"Pablo Picasso's mural Guernica is on display at the 1937 International Exposition. Both sides of the Spanish Civil War quickly realize that the painting contains clues to the whereabouts of the supernatural Spear of Destiny. Its occult power can change the outcome of the Civil War, just as it has done in other battles throughout history. As Paula's imagination begins to decipher the hidden symbols, Francisco Franco's secret agents are not far behind...
Author
Publisher
Maeva
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
El joven Frankie Presto es un huérfano de guerra criado por un profesor de música ciego en un pequeño pueblo español. A los nueve años, Frankie es enviado a Estados Unidos en el fondo de un bote. Su única posesión es una guitarra vieja. El talento de Frankie es tocado por los dioses, y su increíble viaje lo lleva a través del paisaje musical del siglo XX, desde el clásico hasta el jazz y el rock and roll, con su impresionante talento que...
29) Línea de fuego
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"En la noche del 24 al 25 de julio de 1938, durante la batalla del Ebro, 2.890 hombres y 14 mujeres de la XI Brigada Mixta del eǰrcito de la Repblica cruzan el ̕ro para establecer la cabeza de puente de Castellets del Segre, donde combatìrn durante diez ̕das. Sin embargo, ni Castellets, ni la XI Brigada, ni las tropas que se le enfrentan en ̕Lnea de fuego existieron nunca. Las unidades militares, los lugares y los personajes que en esta novela...
31) One last shot
Author
Publisher
Versify
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of Gerda Taro, a headstrong photojournalist with a passion for capturing the truth amid political turmoil and the first woman photojournalist killed in combat"--