by Tariq Ali · Planeta DeAgostini · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439582533
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«A la sombra del granado» is the historical novel by Tariq Ali, published in 1999 by Planeta DeAgostini in hardback (289 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in the kingdom of Granada after the conquest of 1492 and follows a Morisco family that decides to stay on their lands. The pressure to convert, the vigilance of Cardinal Cisneros and the intrigues of spies and informers turn that family's life into a struggle to survive: Andalusian culture declines while the Inquisition lights its bonfires.
First instalment of the Islam Quintet, translated from English by María Eugenia Ciocchini; the original edition, from 1992, was published as 'Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree'.
A read for those seeking historical fiction set in medieval Spain and the drama of minorities during the Reconquista.
Tariq Ali is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books. He reads Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.
