The Sons of Night
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The Sons of Night is two, or more, books in one. The first is Antoine Gimenez's memoir of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, an engaging tale of heroism and intrigue. The remaining three-quarters of the manuscript is a record of the fascination his memoir held for a group of historians-the "Gimenologists"-and the multiple paths of research and inquiry it led them down. Book Two begins with eighty-two "endnotes" to the memoir, each the equivalent of a chapter that follows a particular historical thread or explores a question raised by Gimenez's text. This is followed by the biographies of various people appearing in the memoir, many based on the friendships the historians formed with the now-elderly revolutionaries. The book closes with an Afterword discussing theoretical issues raised by the memoir and seven appendices. Also includes an Introduction by Spanish historian Julián Vadillo Muñoz.
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Antoine Gimenez (the pseudonym of Bruno Salvadori) was born in 1910. He was an anarchist militant and a volunteer militiaman who fought in the Durruti Column during the Spanish Civil War. He died in Marseille in 1982.
The Gimenologists are a small group of friends who have become historians by dedicating themselves to the twelve-year process of publishing Memories of the Spanish War by Antoine Gimenez, first in French, now in English.
Julián Vadillo Muñoz is a historian specializing in the labor and anarchist movements. He recieved his PhD from and has published several books in Spanish, including Mauro Bajatierra: Anarchist and Journalist of Action.
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INTRODUCTION, by Julián Vadillo Muñoz
BOOK ONE ANTOINE GIMENEZ - MEMORIES OF THE WAR IN SPAIN (July 1936-February 1939) Teresa The War Pina de Ebro La Madre Berthomieu and the rest Conchita The Collective Of Love and Marriage The Gorros Negr (Black Bonnets) Farlete María Return to Lérida Monte Oscuro Madeleine Perdiguera - Part One Perdiguera - Part Two La Calle Perdiguera - Part Three Perdiguera - Part Four Pablo's Arrival Barcelona Durruti Ascaso and the rest Berneri The Sierra de Alcubierre La Nina Siétamo Belief Attack Sariñena Barcelona: May 1937 Soledad Quinto de Ebro Conchita, Asunción, Rosita Offensive Sacrificed Rosario's Death Military Contempt for Human Life Macabre Recollection The Beginning of the End Cathala Theories Demobbed Epilogue Table of Initials and Organisations ----- BOOK TWO THE GIMENOLOGUES IN SEARCH OF THE SONS OF NIGHT Endnotes on Antoine Gimenez's Memories ENDNOTES 1-32: THE ACTIVITY OF THE ANARCHIST COLUMNS IN ARAGON ENDNOTES 33 -50: THE RESISTANCE TO MILITARISATION ENDNOTES 51-82: THE WAR GOBBLES UP THE REVOLUTION Biographical Notes Antoine Gimenez, real name Bruno Salvadori Justo Bueno Pérez Charles Carpentier Lorenzo Giua Georgette Kokoczynski Ango, aka "Mimosa" Josep Lladós Tarragó Louis Mercier Vega aka Charles Ridel Lucio Ruano Carlo Scolari Pietro Paolo Vagliasindi, known in Antoine's Memories as Pablo The Valero Labarta Family of Pina de Ebro Afterword - Revolution or Reform? Appendices I. Durruti's appointment as Miaja's Replacement II. Anarcho-syndicalism in the Historiography of the 2nd Republic and the 1936-1939 War III. Document lifted from David Berry's Study "French Volunteers in Spain" IV. A List of those Killed at Perdiguera on 16 October 1936 V. A List of DAS Militians drawn up in January 1937 VI. List of the Members of the "Libertà o Morte" Group VII. Mimosa's Journal Time-Line Bibliography Index of Names
