
The Towpath
Jesus Moncada(Author)
The Harvill Press
Published on 5. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84655-565-7 (ISBN)
Description
During the Great War, the Spanish town at the centre of this novel turned into a boom-town, due to the demand for coal. After that, the downhill slide began, hastened on by Anarchists and left-wingers; then the Civil War and Franco's depression. Then came the March of Progress.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
361 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84655-565-7 (9781846555657)
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Jesus Moncada was born in 1941 in Mequinensa, the town on which this story is based. He has published two volumes of short stories. This is his first novel; it has won six literary prizes in Spain.