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(More customer reviews)This is a ubiquitous subject in Spain: the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. This story is about a humble packer who left the Revolutionary side to join Franco's insurgent nationalist army. This work is a fascinating story, which tries to understand how a person who has so much to lose by joining the nationalists still takes such a decision. What I found attractive of this work is that it helps understand how people would follow ideas, and even sacrifice themselves, for causes that are harmful to them. Galán writes with elegance, humor and a philosophical sophistication hardly found on topics of this nature. The Spanish version is much better, of course. Yet the translation captures some of the linguistic turns and the power of language that Galán pours on this historical novel.
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