by Manuel Rivas · PUNTO DE LECTURA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466321051
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«Los libros arden mal» is the historical novel by Manuel Rivas, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (826 pages, in Spanish).
The novel begins when the libraries of a city start to burn, and interweaves the fate of books, people and language in a suspense story that runs from the nineteenth century to the present day. Unusual voices —a laundress, an anarchist boxer, a Bible collector— populate a story about memory, identity and resistance against oppression.
Originally published in Galician as «Os libros arden mal», it won the Spanish Critics' Prize, the Galician Critics' Prize and the 2006 Book of the Year Prize from the Madrid Booksellers' Guild.
A work for readers of historical and literary fiction, especially those who value stories about books, memory and resistance.
Manuel Rivas Barrós is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
