by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán · POINTS · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020551298
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«Galíndez» is the novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán published by Points in paperback (454 pages, in French).
The plot reconstructs the 1956 kidnapping and murder of Jesús de Galíndez, representative of the Basque government in exile, at the hands of hitmen for the Dominican dictator Leónidas Trujillo. Thirty years later, American student Muriel investigates his disappearance for her thesis and weaves historical memory and fiction around a real figure who refused to stay silent.
The work won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa in 1991 and the Aristeion Prize in 1992. This French edition dates from 2002.
For readers of historical fiction and political fiction seeking a real case of memory and resistance.
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona supporter.
