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The River

The River( )
Author: Ferlosio, Rafael Sanchez
Translator: Costa, Margaret Jull
ISBN:978-1-903517-17-8
Publication Date:Feb 2015
Publisher:Dedalus Books Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.99
Book Description:

During the Spanish Civil War, the River Jarama was the scene of a bloody, month-long battle, which ended in a stalemate. The Republicans suffered about 25,000 casualties and the Nationalists 20,000. In the novel, set nearly twenty years later, the Jarama has become a favourite picnic spot for those wanting to escape the Madrid heat. The novel describes one boiling hot day in August. Various groups of people from Madrid - young and old, married and single - have gone down to the River...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.75 Pounds
Author Biography
Ferlosio, Rafael Sánchez (Author)
Margaret Jull Costa has translated into the English more than 35 books, including Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago's "All the Names" & "The Tale of the Unknown Island", Antonio Perez Reverte's "The Flander's Panel", Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquiet" & Luisa Valenzuela's "Bedside Manners". She lives in London.

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