Selected as a Richard & Judy Summer Read for 2009.
An extraordinary epic of love, family, and war set in the Basque town of Guernica before, during, and after its destruction by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War.
In 1935, Miguel Navarro finds himself in conflict wit[...]
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[...]