{"product_id":"what-we-tried-to-bury-grows-here-9781953387264","title":"What We Tried to Bury Grows Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterly crafted and haunting tale of survival, longing, and empathy, set during the Spanish Civil War, now in a new paperback edition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Julian Zabalbeascoa is the real deal, a major talent, and the story he's telling here is both riveting and terrifying.\" --Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn late 1936, eighteen-year-old Isidro Elejalde leaves his Basque village in Northern Spain, spurred to join the fight to preserve his country's democracy from the insurrectionists by the rousing words of a political essayist. Months earlier, Spanish generals launched a military coup to overthrow Spain's newly elected left-wing government. They assumed the population would welcome the coup, but throughout the country people like Isidro remained loyal to the ideals of democracy, and the Spanish Civil War began in bloody earnest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Bilbao, Mariana raises her two young children while, with her writing, she decries the fascist-backed coup attempt and their German and Italian allies, imploring the world to support democracy. As the Nationalist forces assault the country, Mariana and Isidro's lives intersect fleetingly, yet in meaningful and lasting ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat We Tried to Bury Grows Here\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable feat of research and imagination, as well as a transcendent literary accomplishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Zabalbeascoa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Dollar Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953387264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Zabalbeascoa\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals. He divides his time between Boston and the Basque Country in Spain. \u003ci\u003eWhat We Tried to Bury Grows Here\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Julian Zabalbeascoa \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47659167482013,"sku":"9781953387264","price":37.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5408bc16-596e-4000-9563-18d517c50f1d.jpg?v=1771352172","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/what-we-tried-to-bury-grows-here-9781953387264","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}