by Tariq Ali · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420653174
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«A la sombra del granado» is the historical novel by Tariq Ali, published by Alianza in paperback (368 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the kingdom of Granada after the Reconquista, the novel follows a Morisco family trying to survive amid the pressure of the Inquisition, intrigues and the threat of expulsion or forced conversion. Tariq Ali portrays the anguish of a community watching its world disappear and the end of coexistence among the three cultures.
A la sombra del granado is the first installment of Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet, originally published in 1992 as Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree and winner of the San Clemente Prize.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Andalusian Spain and the Inquisition period, as well as in the work of Tariq Ali.
Tariq Ali is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books. He reads Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.
