by Manuel Chaves Nogales · Libros del Asteroide S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493501860
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After triumphing in the cabarets of half of Europe, the flamenco dancer Juan Martínez and his partner, Sole, are surprised in Russia by the revolutionary events of February 1917. Unable to leave the country, they suffer the rigors of the October Revolution and the bloody civil war in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev. The Sevillian journalist Manuel Chaves Nogales meets Martínez in Paris and, fascinated by his stories, decides to capture them in a book. 'El maestro Juan Martínez que estaba allí' captures the intensity, richness, and humanity of the story that captivated Chaves, recounting the adventures of its protagonists and their struggle for survival in the midst of chaos.
Manuel Chaves Nogales was a Spanish journalist and writer. Politically he was a moderate left-wing republican democrat who defined himself as "antifascist and antirevolutionary". As such, he was an enthusiastic supporter of the Second Spanish Republic.
