Blogs in January 1970

A House in the High Hills 1st January 1970

Life in Spain, in the house that captured her heart, the neighbours, the friends, the scenery and the building work that that nearly finished her! But it is the arrival of a dog that makes her veer off course…

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Soldiers of Salamis 1st January 1970

The unnamed voice of this book is a contemporary journalist, who is investigating the story of Rafael Sanchez Mazas, a “good, not great” writer from the 1930s,set against the final moments of the Spanish Civil War. Sometimes philosophical, sometimes...

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Stone in a Landslide 1st January 1970

The beginning of the 20th century: 13-year-old Conxa has to leave her home village in the Pyrenees to work for her childless aunt. After years of hard labour, she finds love with Jaume – a love that will be...

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The Lemon Grove

The Lemon Grove 1st January 1970

One hot summer. One week in a villa on the outskirts of Deia, a village nestling in the rugged, mountainous west coast of the island of Mallorca. One family for whom the carefully laid jigsaw of life is about...

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The Best Thing that Can Happen to a Croissant 1st January 1970

If you can get beyone the title, then this, Tusset’s debut novel, will whisk you into the life of Pablo “Baloo” Miralles, a dissolute black sheep of the finance family Miralles and Miralles. In his 30s he takes to...

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