by Ignacio Aldecoa · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408010654
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«El fulgor y la sangre» is the novel by Ignacio Aldecoa, published by Planeta in paperback (264 pages, in Spanish).
In a Guardia Civil barracks lost in the Castilian highlands, the guards' wives await the identity of a dead agent. Over eight or nine hours, the tedium of barracks routine mingles with memories, and the misery, sordidness, and physical and moral aftermath of the civil war and postwar period emerge.
Planeta Bolsillo, 9th edition, with a print run of 80,000 copies. Work nominated for the Planeta Prize in 1954.
For readers interested in Spanish postwar narrative and stories set in rural environments.
José Ignacio Aldecoa e Isasi was a Spanish writer. He was the nephew of the painter Adrián Aldecoa.
