by Luis Salvago · Las Hespérides · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417118778
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«En el nombre de Padre» is the historical novel by Luis Salvago, published by Las Hespérides in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
Shortly before the Spanish Civil War, a young man from Tangier is sent to a disciplinary firing squad company at Cape Juby, in the Spanish protectorate in North Africa. The novel follows the protagonist's life until 1939: the harshness of the desert, the horror of the task, and the battle to free himself from his father's imprint. A story of those who fought on the wrong side.
Winner of the Vargas Llosa Novel Prize 2019. Luis Salvago (Valencia, 1964) was a finalist for the Nadal Prize 2018 with «Bârân» and the Azorín Prize 2017 with «Lloverá en septiembre».
For readers of historical fiction and military fiction interested in the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish protectorate in North Africa.
