by Ignacio Solares · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789707702141
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«La invasión» is the historical novel by Ignacio Solares, published by Alfaguara in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
Mexico, late 19th century. Abelardo recalls his youth during the American invasion of 1847, when the country lost half its territory. The novel combines feats and betrayals of that war with the intimate life of Abelardo and his wife, a liberal woman who encourages him to write, and with Dr. Urruchúa's passion for germs.
The edition, with flaps, belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection. The author, Ignacio Solares, is a Mexican narrator, essayist, playwright, and journalist.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the war between Mexico and the United States.
Ignacio Solares Bernal was a Mexican novelist, editor and playwright, whose novel La invasión was a bestseller in Mexico and Spain. Until 2005 he served as the Coordinator of Cultural Activities for Literature and Arts at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); he was a faculty member there and directed the cultural magazine Revista de la Universidad de México. He formerly served as director of the Department of Theater and Dance and the Division of Literature at UNAM. He also edited the cultural supplement to the weekly magazine Siempre!.
