by John Boyne · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467239294
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«La casa del propósito especial» is the historical novel by John Boyne, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback, with 400 pages in Spanish.
Russia, 1915. Georgi Yáchmenev, a young peasant, becomes bodyguard to Alexei Romanov, the son of Tsar Nicholas II, and witnesses the end of the imperial dynasty with the Bolshevik revolution. Sixty-five years later, by the bedside of his wife Zoya in London, he recalls his life marked by exile and a great secret.
Translation by Patricia Antón de Vez. Original title: The House of Special Purpose. The Spanish edition dates from 2010, originally published in 2009.
Recommended for readers of literary fiction and book clubs interested in the history of the Romanovs and the Russian revolution.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.
