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MAZURKA FOR TWO DEAD MEN.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Quartet, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which "represents a culmination of the 1989 Nobel Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela's literary art. In 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, 'Lionheart' Gamuzo is abducted and killed, an event recalled repeatedly by the widowed Adega, one of the several narrative voices. In 1939, when the war ends, Tanis Gamuzo avenges his brother. For both events, and for them only, the blind accordion player Gaudencio plays the same mazurka." Originally published in Spain in 1983 and translated by Patricia Haugaard. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-704370492.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 67904More details Price: $20.00 -
MAZURKA FOR TWO DEAD MEN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: New American Library - NAL, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which "represents a culmination of the 1989 Nobel Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela's literary art. In 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, 'Lionheart' Gamuzo is abducted and killed, an event recalled repeatedly by the widowed Adega, one of the several narrative voices. In 1939, when the war ends, Tanis Gamuzo avenges his brother. For both events, and for them only, the blind accordion player Gaudencio plays the same mazurka." Originally published in Spain in 1983 and translated by Patricia Haugaard. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-8112-1222X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68759More details Price: $23.50 -
THE CYPRESSES BELIEVE IN GOD.
Edition: 3rd printing of the one volume edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. dj. Hardcover - The first book in his massive trilogy on the Spanish Civil War, the book upon which Gironella's reputation rests. Deeply Catholic and conservative, Gironella nevertheless attempted to write an even-handed account of that war, and its effect on the Basque Alvear family and on the ordinary people of Catalonia. This novel covers the years leading up to the outbreak of that war. Winner of the National Prize for Literature. Translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onis. Glossary of persons appearing in the novel. 1010 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket. An attractive copy.
Book ID: 57574More details Price: $30.00