The 5 of the week by Mar Campelo (professor at BU)
Tuesday / “The frozen heart” by Almudena Grandes
Grandes, Almudena (1960- )
The frozen heart / Almudena Grandes. — 3rd ed. — Barcelona: Tusquets, 2007. — 933 p. ; 21cm — (Wanderings Collection; 625). ISBN 978-84-8310-373-9
PQ 6657.R32 C6 2007
Colossal exercise of historical memory that is around a thousand pages, where he reconstructs the sentimental history of two ideologically opposed families, who lived through the Civil War, exile, Francoism or the transition in different ways. A story told, from the present by the grandchildren or the third generation, "which is the first -Grandes alleges- that dares to ask" (Europa Press).
The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in reading this recommendation, you can check its availability at catalog the library of the IIE.
