The Sleeping Voice
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1843432099 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Dulce Chacón's book has had an immense success in Spain, no doubtbecause the novelist speaks with a just and powerful voice, and becauseshe has allowed women - the most anonymous, the most suppressed, themost silenced - to speak out." —Le Monde
Losers don't often get to write history. Amazon Customer The Spanish Civil War was fought in the context of communists vs fascists, atheists vs Catholics or socialists vs traditionalists. The fascists won, unlike their friends in the rest of Europe. The brutal repression of the losing side resulted in their story not getting told. No one was allowed to memorialize those who fell for the Republic. Bu
It is 1939. Chief among them are Hortensia, who fought with the militia and is pregnant by her husband Felipe - a man still at large and fighting against Franco's dictatorship - and who lives with the knowledge that she will be shot after she gives birth; sixteen-year-old Elvira, who tried to leave Spain with her mother, but was arrested by the Falangists while she was boarding their ship; Tomasa, whose husband, four sons, and daughter-in-law were thrown off a bridge; and Pepita, Hortensia's sister, who from outside the prison acts as messenger between her and her husband. A bestseller in Spain, where it was voted "Book of the year," The Sleeping Voice is remarkable for its combination of dramatic intensity and historical authenticity.. Their crime is to have supported or fought on the Republican side in Spain's cruel and devastating Civil War. Du