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The Towpath
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Towpath
Contributors:
By (Author) Jesus Moncada
Translated by Judith Willis
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Imprint:
The Harvill Press
Publication Date:
5th April 2011
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
FIC
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Dimensions:
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 17mm
Weight:
281g
Description
During the Great War, the Spanish town at the centre of this novel turned into a boom-town, due to the demand for coal. After that, the downhill slide began, hastened on by Anarchists and left-wingers; then the Civil War and Franco's depression. Then came the March of Progress.
Author Bio
Jesus Moncada was born in 1941 in Mequinensa, the town on which this story is based. He has published two volumes of short stories. This is his first novel; it has won six literary prizes in Spain.
