9781903517178

Book Description: DEDALUS LTD, United Kingdom, 2004. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New edition. 198 x 128 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. During the Spanish Civil War, the River Jarama was the scene of a bloody, month-long battle, which ended in a stalemate. The Republicans suffered about 25,000 casualties and the Nationalists 20,000. In the novel, set nearly twenty years later, the Jarama has become a favourite picnic spot for those wanting to escape the Madrid heat. The novel describes one boiling hot day in August. Various groups of people from Madrid - young and old, married and single - have gone down to the River Jarama to swim and to picnic. During the course of the day, they talk, flirt, get drunk, argue and, mostly, make their peace, and the novel carries the reader effortlessly from conversation to conversation, allowing us to eavesdrop on the characters' very ordinary and profoundly recognisable lives. Bookseller Inventory # AAO9781903517178

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Book Description: Dedalus Ltd, 2005. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. new edition. 406 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __1903517176

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Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 45014

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