by Ramón J. Sender · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423335268
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«Imán» is the war novel by Ramón J. Sender, published by Destino in paperback (308 pages, in Spanish).
The novel, with a biographical background from Sender's experience in Morocco, follows soldier Viance during the 1921 Annual disaster. It dramatically portrays the hardships and brutality of colonial war, far from epic, showing the suffering of the combatants.
The novel was originally published in 1930. This Destinolibro edition includes a prologue by Nil Santiáñez and notes on the technical, military, and African-setting lexicon.
For readers interested in war fiction and Spanish colonial history.
Ramón José Sender Garcés was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays , Mr Witt Among the Rebels and The War in Spain (Contraataque). He published articles in the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934. During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.
