Who is Enric Marco? An august and much-revered old man from Barcelona, a veteran of the Spanish civil war, a fervent fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice and freedom, a survivor of Flossenbürg, the Nazi concentration camp whose tireless work promoting historical memory in schools, at conferences, in countless interviews, in a speech to parliament that moved members of the Spanish congress to tears, earned him many honours and saw him rise to become president of Amical de […]

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“A magnificent and powerful novel.” —Ernesto Ayala-Dip, El País In September 1927, Nalo starts working as a trainee for the gardener at the blue palace of the Belgian engineers. A time of revolutions and war, his years at the palace will bring his awakening to life. With a careful and crafted prose, Fulgencio Argüelles displays a varied array of characters who share friendship, love, and hardship.

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