1937. While airplanes swoop in at Guernica, Teresa Alonso watches the bombs fall from a nearby hill, and at just twelve years of age, she knows the life she once knew lays buried under the rubble. It is then her mother decides to send her to the USSR, where the children of Spanish republicans take refuge during the Civil War. This novel tells the story of Teresa's youth, of the people she met--the most relevant characters in the European left-wing--and of her thirst for passion and freedom, something she has never lost, even for a moment. But it is also the tale of a war that darkened the continent, and of a love that was able to hold her entire universe when everything came crashing down. Through Teresa Alonso's current memories, Celia Santos takes us to a Russia now extinct. This thrilling book, exquisitely documented, turns then into a tribute to the last generation of people who lived at a time that marked the history of humanity like no other.
1937. While airplanes swoop in at Guernica, Teresa Alonso watches the bombs fall from a nearby hill, and at just twelve years of age, she knows the life she once knew lays buried under the rubble. It is then her mother decides to send her to the USSR, where the children of Spanish republicans take refuge during the Civil War. This novel tells the story of Teresa's youth, of the people she met--the most relevant characters in the European left-wing--and of her thirst for passion and freedom, something she has never lost, even for a moment. But it is also the tale of a war that darkened the continent, and of a love that was able to hold her entire universe when everything came crashing down. Through Teresa Alonso's current memories, Celia Santos takes us to a Russia now extinct. This thrilling book, exquisitely documented, turns then into a tribute to the last generation of people who lived at a time that marked the history of humanity like no other.
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