by John Boyne · Salamandra · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498382495
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«La casa del propósito especial» is the historical novel by John Boyne, published by Salamandra in hardcover (416 pages, in Spanish).
Georgi Yáchmenev, in a London hospital, recalls with his wife Zoya sixty-five years of shared life and a guarded secret. From his native village he entered the service of the Tsarevich Alexis, son of Nicholas II; the imperial court, the Bolshevik revolution and exile in Paris and London frame a love marked by adversity.
The translation is by Patricia Antón de Vez Ayala-Duarte, in the Novela collection (Best Seller); its original title is The House of Special Purpose.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and romances with a wartime backdrop, ages 16 and up.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.
