by Albert Sánchez Piñol · ACTES SUD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330016050
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«Victus: Barcelone 1714» is the historical novel by Albert Sánchez Piñol, published by Actes Sud in paperback (624 pages, in French).
A young man from Barcelona expelled from a convent trains in military engineering with Vauban; during the War of the Spanish Succession he serves on both sides until the siege of Barcelona, which falls on 11 September 1714. A cynical old man dictates his memoirs from exile: a historical satire giving voice to those who defended the city.
French translation by Marianne Millon; the original Spanish novel was published in 2012 and this edition in 2013.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the War of the Spanish Succession and the history of Barcelona.
Albert Sánchez Piñol is a Spanish anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Spanish.
