Molina, Antonio Muñoz

Those familiar with Muñoz Molina’s more traditional works (In the Night of Time; Like a Fading Shadow) will be surprised, though not necessarily dissatisfied, with his latest offering. Relative newcomer Bleichmar’s excellent translation adds to the prize, despite the absence of the illustrations from the original.

The author feels that the novel is somehow consecrated by the facts of history, and those readers who feel the same as he does will revel in this work. Others may complain of too many individual trees and not enough forest. [See Prepub Alert, 2/6/17.]

This is a sweeping portrait of one man's obsessive search for an elusive love against the bloody backdrop of a nation at war with itself. [See Prepub Alert, 6/10/13.]