Woe to the vanquished
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Woe to the vanquished
14.99 €
Independent Catalonia is at an end. Barcelona has fallen, Bourbon soldiers roam the streets, and those who defended the city face arrest. Barcelonian Martí Suviria—a conscientious rogue, an unwitting traitor, and a cowardly hero, the last disciple of the great French fortification theorist Sébastien de Vauban, a member of a unique brotherhood of military engineers, a future bilious memoirist, and for now a wounded soldier who has lost everything—is fleeing Barcelona. However, he won't reach his destination immediately: for some people, seven miles is no detour, so Suviria's route from Catalonia to Vienna lies through South Carolina (where he will fight in yet another war, brilliantly capture the city, find new love, and nearly die), and then through France (where his life will take an even more interesting turn). Moreover, a grand vengeance against his sworn enemy and a journey to the ends of the earth await him...
Albert Sánchez Piñol is an anthropologist and one of the greatest and most original stars of Catalan literature. His novel "The Vanquished," the first book about Martí Suviria, is an adventure novel, a war epic, and a high tragedy. It has sold over 250,000 copies in Spain, has been translated into 16 languages, and has won the El Periódico Prize. "Woe to the Vanquished" is a dazzling sequel to "The Vanquished," a picaresque saga in the best traditions of "Gil Blas," "Simplicissimo," and "The Good Soldier Švejk." It is an epic tragicomedy that encompasses all of 18th-century European politics and tells the story of a reluctant adventurer, a cynic and a wisecracker who has lost his loved ones, his home, and his country, but never lost his talent for laughter.
Albert Sánchez Piñol is an anthropologist and one of the greatest and most original stars of Catalan literature. His novel "The Vanquished," the first book about Martí Suviria, is an adventure novel, a war epic, and a high tragedy. It has sold over 250,000 copies in Spain, has been translated into 16 languages, and has won the El Periódico Prize. "Woe to the Vanquished" is a dazzling sequel to "The Vanquished," a picaresque saga in the best traditions of "Gil Blas," "Simplicissimo," and "The Good Soldier Švejk." It is an epic tragicomedy that encompasses all of 18th-century European politics and tells the story of a reluctant adventurer, a cynic and a wisecracker who has lost his loved ones, his home, and his country, but never lost his talent for laughter.
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