{"product_id":"9788418227134","title":"NOMAD CHRONICLES","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNOMAD CHRONICLES\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work offers a delightful narrative about university life in Madrid in the early sixties and a journey through the Europe that Spain ignored. Through the eyes of a young Philosophy and Letters student, the reader discovers the contrast between Francoist Spain and a continent in cultural and political ferment. It is a story of intellectual discovery, love, and displacement that connects personal memory with the collective history of a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMadrid, 1959. A young woman enrolls in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, defying the opposition of her father, who considers the university \"a nest of reds.\" There, in the midst of the Franco dictatorship, she discovers a world of forbidden ideas: Marx, Bertolt Brecht, Miguel Hernández, and the Cuban and Chinese revolutions. In that environment of clandestine effervescence, she experiences a first love with a comrade—committed, but suffocating. Later, she meets Marek, a literature professor who introduces her to French poets and a secret, enchanting city. Together they travel through Warsaw, French Alsace, the Abondance Valley in the Alps, Paris, Lisbon, and Brussels. Fifty years later, they return to Spain, where he passes away. The work is an intimate testimony of a nomadic life marked by love, freedom, and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain Themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eUniversity life in 1960s Madrid and cultural repression during the Franco regime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe intellectual and political discovery of a generation seeking other realities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLove as a transformative experience, from ideological commitment to true passion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eInternal exile and the physical journey through an open Europe contrasted with a closed Spain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eMemory and the return to one's roots after decades of nomadic life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is recommended for readers interested in memoirs and historical accounts, especially those who want to learn about post-war Spain from a personal and academic perspective. It is also ideal for those who enjoy travelogues, love stories with a political and cultural background, and narratives that explore the contrast between repression and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn intimate and authentic look at university and cultural life in 1960s Madrid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA journey through key European cities from the perspective of a woman searching for her place in the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA reflection on love, commitment, and identity in times of censorship.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA testament to the historical memory of a generation that lived between two worlds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eData Sheet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: SOLER ESPIAUBA, DOLORES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: EDICIONES DEL VIENTO, S.L.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: MEMOIRS, PROSE: NON-FICTION, LITERARY ESSAYS, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY FICTION, MADRID LOCAL HISTORY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCollection: VIENTO ABIERTO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: April 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of pages: 208\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 320 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial Review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNomad Chronicles is a work that successfully combines personal memory and historical portraiture. The author manages to transport the reader to a specific time and place, offering a sincere and emotional vision of a youth marked by censorship and a desire for freedom. Its narrative style, intimate and evocative, makes it a recommended read for those looking for life stories that engage with the history of Spain and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EDICIONES DEL VIENTO, S.L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407616794971,"sku":"9788418227134","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841822713.jpg?v=1781857845","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788418227134","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}