“But what exactly is the graphic novel? The term itself, which had previously been used to designate products that have little or nothing to do with what we now understand as such, does not seem to convince almost anyone (it should be said that the same thing has happened historically with the word «comic», so not suitable for stories
Wednesday / “Captain Alatriste” by Arturo Pérez Reverte “He was not the most honest nor the most pious man, but he was a brave man”… With these words begins Captain Alatriste, the story of a veteran soldier from the Tercios of Flanders who he survives as a paid swordsman in the Madrid of the XNUMXth century. Their
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 A colossal exercise in historical memory that runs to around a thousand pages, where
Monday: “Sisters” by Josefina Aldecoa Aldecoa, Josefina (1926- ) Sisters / Josefina Aldecoa. — [Madrid]: Alfaguara, [2005]. – 225 p.; 23cm ISBN 978-84-204-7424-3 PQ 6651.L39 H47 2008 Josefina Aldecoa unleashes her most reflective and evocative voice in this story of two sisters who masterfully represent two types