by Antonio Muñoz Molina · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408014799
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«El jinete polaco» is the historical novel by Antonio Muñoz Molina, published by Planeta in paperback (577 pages, in Spanish).
A simultaneous interpreter always on the move tells his life to a woman and evokes the inhabitants of Mágina, his hometown: his great-grandfather Pedro, his grandfather, his parents, and his own childhood. Their voices weave together the history of a community and of Spain between 1870 and the Gulf War, with memory and identity as the guiding thread.
Winner of the Planeta Prize 1991 and the National Narrative Prize 1992. Belongs to the Planeta Bolsillo collection.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and contemporary Spanish narrative who seek stories about memory and the weight of the past.
Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 8 June 1995. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.
