by Ignacio Aldecoa · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432021251
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«El fulgor y la sangre» is the novel by Spanish writer Ignacio Aldecoa, published by Editorial Planeta in paperback (262 pages, in Spanish).
In a Castilian village, the wives of the civil guards await news confirming which officer has died in the line of duty. The narrative alternates the present of that wait with the past, thus revealing the anguish, daily humiliations and aftermath of the civil war in the characters.
The novel was a finalist for the Premio Planeta and was first published in 1954; this edition belongs to Planeta's Colección Popular.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction who wish to discover the new realism of the 1950s.
José Ignacio Aldecoa e Isasi was a Spanish writer. He was the nephew of the painter Adrián Aldecoa.
