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Guernica

Guernica

Author(s): Dave Boling

Location(s): Guernica

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1893 - 1940

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Everyone has heard of Guernica, the Basque town that was savagely bombed by the Luftwaffe on 26 April 1937, and most are aware of the famous painting by Picasso which, since the fall of fascism, has been on display in Madrid. The story is of two related families, annd the story starts in 1893 and ends in 1940 with the bombing

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‘Where Picasso’s painting so vividly captured the hellfire of the town’s destruction, this book fills in the humanity. The characters, the culture and the landscape are all lovingly described.’-New Statesman

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