Pérez-Reverte returns to the Spanish Civil War with a novel of the Ebro
In « Ligne de feu », the Spanish novelist revisits the 1938 Battle of the Ebro, immersing readers in the chaos of war while declining to take sides, according to Le Monde.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte has published a new novel, « Ligne de feu », set during the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, one of the bloodiest and most decisive confrontations of the Spanish Civil War, according to Le Monde.
Le Monde describes the book as a plunge into the fog and confusion of combat, with the author resisting any clear political allegiance between the warring sides. The battle, fought along the Ebro river between Republican and Nationalist forces, marked a turning point in the conflict that would end with Franco's victory the following year.
No further details on length, publisher or translator are given in the available material. Pérez-Reverte, a longtime member of the Real Academia Española, has built a career spanning historical fiction, naval adventure and journalism, and has returned repeatedly to episodes of Spanish history in his novels.
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