by Tariq Ali · Edhasa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435005838
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«A la sombra del granado» is the historical novel by Tariq Ali, published by Edhasa in hardcover (289 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the kingdom of Granada at the end of the fifteenth century, the narrative follows a Morisco family whose life falls apart under the pressure of Cardinal Cisneros and the bonfires of intolerance. The novel portrays the end of Muslim Spain and addresses identity, faith and resistance in the face of the disappearance of a millennial culture.
First installment of Tariq Ali's Islam Quintet series. Translation by María Eugenia Ciocchini. Edition from Edhasa's Narrativas históricas collection.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Andalusian Spain and the religious conflicts of the fifteenth century.
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.
