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English
Description
"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edición Vintage Español.
Physical Desc
382 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
En plena Guerra Civil española, el joven médico Víctor Dalmau, junto a su amiga pianista Roser Bruguera, se ven obligados a abandonar Barcelona, exiliarse y cruzar los Pirineos rumbo a Francia. A bordo del Winnipeg, un navío fletado por el poeta Pablo Neruda que llevó a más de dos mil españoles rumbo a Valparaíso, embarcarán en busca de la paz y la libertad que no tuvieron en su país. Recibidos como héroes en Chile --ese "largo pétalo...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Historians refer to the Spanish Civil War as one of the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In 1937, at Mexico's request and offer, nearly 500 children from Spain - remembered as Los Niños de Morelia - were relocated via ship to Mexico to escape the war's violence. These children traveled across the sea without their families and were expected to return at the war's end. No one could have foreseen another world war was on the way - or that...
4) Recuérdame: el barco que salvó a casi medio millar de niños republicanos de la Guerra Civil Española
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xx, 348 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Quinientos niños suben a un barco desde Barcelona con destino a México buscando huir del regimen Franquista. Con la esperanza de una vida mejor y libertad, el viaje se ve amenazado varias veces, primero por el ejército que intenta capturarlos y luego por la odisea que les toca vivir de camino a libertad"--
"The latest book by Spanish bestselling author Mario Escobar, RECUERDAME takes a little known historical event--the escape of over 500 children...
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