by Manuel Rivas · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420410913
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«El último día de Terranova» is the novel by Manuel Rivas, published by Alfaguara in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Vicenzo Fontana sees his bookstore Terranova threatened by real estate speculation in 2014, after sixty years as a refuge for dissidents and banned books. A rebel against books in his youth, he returns to Terranova with Garúa, a young Argentine woman, and discovers its value. A struggle against barbarism with courageous characters.
Translated from Galician by María Dolores Torres París, it is part of the Hispánica collection. Winner of the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Galega and the Premios Follas Novas do Libro Galego.
Literary fiction for readers interested in stories about books, bookstores and the recent historical memory of Spain.
Manuel Rivas Barrós is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
