by Tariq Ali · Diario El País, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498152234
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«A la sombra del granado» is the historical novel by Tariq Ali, published by Diario El País, S.A. in paperback (286 pages, in Spanish).
After the fall of Granada in 1492, a Morisco family faces the decree forcing Muslims to convert to Catholicism or abandon their homes. Tariq Ali reconstructs the final years of a civilization through everyday life, intrigues, Inquisitorial repression and relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews.
First installment of the Islam Quintet, Tariq Ali's series of historical novels. This edition belongs to the El País Novela Histórica collection (no. 19).
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Spain of the Catholic Monarchs and the twilight of coexistence between cultures.
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.
