by William Boyd · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420424927
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«Como nieve al sol» is the historical novel by William Boyd, published by Alfaguara in paperback (440 pages, in Spanish).
When the First World War breaks out, the British and German colonies of East Africa become an unexpected front. The novel interweaves the story of American Temple Smith, who loses his farm and swears revenge, and that of the Cobb brothers, separated by the conflict, in a tragicomic and anti-war tale.
The work was originally published in English as An Ice-Cream War (1982) and was translated into Spanish by Bernardo Moreno. It won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
For readers of historical and anti-war fiction, with an interest in the First World War and African colonial settings.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
