{"title":"Fiction - World Literature - Spain - 20th Century","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"time-of-silence-9798896230038","title":"Time of Silence","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young cancer researcher ventures through the streets, slums, and subcultures of Francoist Madrid in this widely roving, linguistically inventive novel--a sort of Spanish \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, but infused with the grotesquerie and dark comedy of Goya--available here in a new translation and with previously censored material restored.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis novel of abortion and murder set in the squalor of the first decade of General Franco's dictatorship follows a few days in the life of Don Pedro, a cancer research scientist with Nobel ambitions. His dallying with literary and philosophical coteries, his hunt for the right strain of experimental mice in Madrid's slums, and the table talk at his boardinghouse are depicted here with anything but the social realism one might expect of a mid-twentieth century Spanish novel. Instead, Luis Martín-Santos presents us with an altogether innovative stream of consciousness, unfurling a lyrical yet jaundiced tableau of a society hitting rock bottom after years of authoritarian rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in 1962, \u003ci\u003eTime of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of modern Spanish fiction. Its vision of depressed individuals struggling to survive makes it a fictional \u003ci\u003efleur du mal\u003c\/i\u003e for our times. Martín-Santos draws on the black humor of Goya and the wit of Joyce to create a picture of a world beyond hope, redeemed solely by genial self-mockery. Peter Bush's new translation gloriously restores all that was previously axed by Spanish censors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luis Martín-Santos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896230038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuis Martín-Santos\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-1964) was an innovative anti-realist writer as well as an eminent neuropsychiatrist and anti-Franco militant. After graduating with a degree in medicine from Salamanca University, he moved to Madrid in 1947, where he specialized in psychiatry and became involved in the city's literary culture. In 1952 he was appointed the director of San Sebastián's psychiatric hospital, and a year later he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis, \"Dilthey, Jaspers, and the Understanding of the Mentally Ill.\" He joined the clandestine PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) in 1957, becoming a member of its executive committee in 1958, an affiliation that led to his imprisonment in 1958, 1959, and 1962. \u003ci\u003eTime of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e was published in a heavily censored form in 1962 and was an immediate success. At the time of his death following a car accident in January 1964, Martín-Santos left behind a large body of unpublished stories, plays, and novels, including the unfinished sequel to \u003ci\u003eTime of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime of Destruction \u003c\/i\u003e(published posthumously in 1977). His short-story collaboration with Juan Benet, \u003ci\u003eEl amanecer podrido \u003c\/i\u003e(The Putrefied Dawn), was published in 2020, and in 2024 the Spanish publisher Galaxia Gutenberg embarked on the publication of his Complete Works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Bush \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated, among other books, Josep Pla's \u003ci\u003eThe Gray Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2014 Ramon Llull Prize for Literary Translation; Ramón del Valle-Inclán's \u003ci\u003eTyrant Banderas\u003c\/i\u003e; and Joan Sales's linked novels, \u003ci\u003eUncertain Glory \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWinds of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e (all available as NYRB Classics). 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The Oyster Bar in Grand Central, the Prospect Park Boathouse, and the iconic Old City Hall subway station number among his masterpieces. But while his works continue to imbue the city with the glamour of a bygone era, the man himself has been largely forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through the eyes of Guastavino's son and business partner, Rafael Jr., Javier Moro's magnetic prose brings to life the remarkable rags-to-riches journey of this influential immigrant family. Guastavino was a stubborn man, enamored of his own sense of destiny, but he was also a deeply compassionate father, as committed to his family as he was to his work, and equally defined by his successes in the latter realm as by his failures in the former. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against historical events including the Chicago World's Fair and the sinking of the Titanic, \u003ci\u003eThe Architect of New York\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and entertaining father-son story filled with finely developed and deeply researched real-life characters (including such figures as Stanford White and Daniel Burnham) that captures the romance and drama while offering a timeless glimpse into the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Moro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640097469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAVIER MORO \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the best-loved writers of his generation and a highly regarded figure in Spanish literary circles. 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Once días y sus diez noches. Un viaje al corazón de nuestras tinieblas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e«Un retrato coral, riguroso, hiperliterario y distinto -por momentos aterrador, por momentos emocionante- de una España en harapos: así empezó una dictadura eterna. Un libro excelente . -Javier Cercas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLa guerra ha terminado. España está en ruinas. En el cementerio de Alicante exhuman los restos de José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Sus camaradas falangistas van a llevarlo a hombros hasta enterrarlo en El Escorial, morada de reyes, sepulcro imperial. Durante once días y diez noches, el cortejo fantasmagórico avanzará por pueblos y ciudades entre hogueras, escarcha, brazos enhiestos y propaganda: una epopeya fascista de 467 kilómetros para demostrar quién manda en la nueva España. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSin embargo, la guerra no ha terminado. Una memoria se está construyendo y otra memoria se quiere borrar. En esos días crudos del otoño de 1939, miles de vidas humildes sufren la zarpa de la represión. Presos, fusilados, exiliados, trabajadores forzados, internos en campos de concentración, maestros depurados, vencedores desgraciados para siempre. El régimen trata de esconderlos. Pero ahí están: presentes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaco Cerdà, que trazó el rostro humano del 14 de abril, compone una vibrante sinfonía de posguerra. Con un coro de voces olvidadas por la Historia. Con el delirio megalómano de un mito -José Antonio- al servicio de su amo: Franco. Presentes es un viaje al corazón de nuestras tinieblas. El conmovedor relato de quienes soñaron unos ideales jamás enterrados. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Premio Nacional de Narrativa 2025\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUTHOR OF \"\u003ci\u003e14 DE ABRIL\u003c\/i\u003e\" AND \"\u003ci\u003eEL PEÓN\u003c\/i\u003e\" (CÁLAMO AWARD 2020) RETURNS WITH \"\u003ci\u003ePRESENTES\u003c\/i\u003e\" AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON TRANSLATED INTO SEVEN LANGUAGES, WINNER OF THE OJO CRÍTICO DE NARRATIVA AWARD 2024, AND ONE OF THE 50 BEST BOOKS OF 2024 ACCORDING TO BABELIA. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpain, 1939. Eleven days and their ten nights. A journey to the heart of our darkness. \"A choral, rigorous, hyper-literary, and distinct portrait - at times terrifying, at times exciting - of a Spain in tatters: thus began an eternal dictatorship. An excellent book.\" - Javier Cercas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe war is over. Spain is in ruins. In the cemetery of Alicante, the remains of José Antonio Primo de Rivera are exhumed. His Falangist comrades will carry him on their shoulders to bury him in El Escorial, the abode of kings, the imperial sepulcher. For eleven days and ten nights, the ghostly procession will advance through towns and cities amidst bonfires, frost, raised arms, and propaganda: a fascist epic of 467 kilometers to show who rules the new Spain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, the war is not over. A memory is being constructed and another memory is being erased. In those harsh days of autumn 1939, thousands of humble lives suffer the claw of repression. Prisoners, executed, exiled, forced laborers, internees in concentration camps, purged teachers, victors forever disgraced. The regime tries to hide them. 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The moving story of those who dreamed of ideals never buried.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paco Cerdã\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfaguara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 5.92w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788420479101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaco Cerdà\u003c\/b\u003e (Genovés, 1985) es periodista y escritor. 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