Books Burn Badly

Books Burn Badly

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Paperback Published on: 03/02/2011
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Synopsis

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.

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780099520337
  • Number of pages: 560
  • Weight: 368g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 35 mm

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But I have just finished reading this book. It is lovely. It is a pleasure to read, and the story is funny, sad, moving, a real slice of life. And it will... READ MORE
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