by José María Gironella · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422600251
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«Un millón de muertos» is the historical novel by José María Gironella, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (686 pages, in Spanish).
The novel offers a panoramic view of the Spanish Civil War, from 18 July 1936 to 1 April 1939. The narrative follows the Alvear family and characters from both sides, and addresses the conflict in its human, sociological and military dimensions.
Second instalment of Gironella's tetralogy on the Spanish Civil War, sequel to «Los cipreses creen en Dios». Originally published in 1961.
For readers of historical fiction and war narrative, with an interest in the Spanish Civil War.
José María Gironella Pous, known in Catalan as Josep Maria Gironella i Pous was a Catalonian Spanish author best known for his fictional work The Cypresses Believe in God, which was published in Spain in 1953 and translated into English in 1955 by Harriet de Onís (1899-1969), a translator who usually specialized in Latin-American fiction.
