Uncertain Glory (New York Review Books Classics)

Uncertain Glory (New York Review Books Classics)

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2017

A classic Catalan work about love, family, and class during the Spanish Civil war.

Spain, 1937. Posted to the Aragonese front, Lieutenant LluÃs Ruscalleda eschews the drunken antics of his comrades and goes in search of intrigue. But the lady of Castel de Olivoâ€”a beautiful widow with a shadowy pastâ€”puts a high price on her affections. In Barcelona, Trini Milmany struggles to raise LluÃsâ€™s son on her own, letters from the front her only solace. With bombs falling as fast as the cityâ€™s morale, she leaves to spend the winter with LluÃsâ€™s brigade on a quiet section of the line. But even on â€œdeadâ€ fronts the guns do not stay silent for long. Triniâ€™s decision will put her familyâ€™s fate in the hands of Juli SolerÃ s, an old friend and a traitor of easy conscience, a philosopher-cynic locked in an eternal struggle with himself.

Joan Sales, a combatant in the Spanish Civil War, distilled his experiences into a timeless story of thwarted love, lost youth, and crushed illusions. A thrilling epic that has drawn comparison with the work of Dostoyevsky and Stendhal, Uncertain Glory is a homegrown counterpart to classics such as Homage to Catalonia and For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1681371804
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-10-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681371801

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1681371804
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-10-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681371801

Uncertain Glory (New York Review Books Classics)

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