Guernica

1935: Miguel Navarro inadvertently becomes an enemy of the Spanish Nationalists. Fleeing, he comes to Guernica, the centre of the Basque's cultural tradition. In this idyll, Miguel finds someone to live for: Miren Ansotegui, a dancer. The two discover a love that cannot be destroyed even by war, tra [...]
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1935: Miguel Navarro inadvertently becomes an enemy of the Spanish Nationalists. Fleeing, he comes to Guernica, the centre of the Basque's cultural tradition. In this idyll, Miguel finds someone to live for: Miren Ansotegui, a dancer. The two discover a love that cannot be destroyed even by war, tragedy or death.The pre-WWII bombing of Guernica was an unprecedented crime against humanity, the horrors of which were immortalised by Picasso. In his first novel, Boling merges history and fiction seamlessly to convey the resilience of family, love, and tradition.