by John Boyne · Salamandra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498383003
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«La casa del propósito especial» is the historical novel by John Boyne, published by Salamandra in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Alongside his wife Zoya, ill in a London hospital, Georgi Danilovich Yáchmenev recalls his life, marked by a secret never revealed: from the peasant village to the personal guard of Alexis Romanov, son of Tsar Nicholas II, the splendour of the Winter Palace, the Bolshevik revolution and exile in Paris and London.
Original title: «The House of Special Purpose». Salamandra Bolsillo collection, number 89. Seventh edition.
Aimed at adult and young readers aged 16 and over, especially fans of historical fiction about the Russia of the Romanovs.
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.
