{"product_id":"books-burn-badly-manuel-rivas-9780099520337","title":"Books Burn Badly","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA masterpiece of unusual beauty by one of Europe's greatest living writers--a brilliant evocation of the Spanish Civil War On August 19, 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coru and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight. With this moment a young, carefree group of friends are transformed into a broken generation. Out of this incident during the early months of Spain's tragic civil war, Manuel Rivas weaves a colorful tapestry of stories and unforgettable characters to create a panorama of 20th-century Spanish history--for it is not only the lives of Hercules the boxer and his friends that are tainted by the unending conflict, but also those of a young washerwoman who sees souls in the clouded river water and the stammering son of a judge who uncovers his father's hidden library. As the singed pages fly away on the breeze, their stories live on in the minds of their readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manuel Rivas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0099520338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099520337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011 pg. 73\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Manuel Rivas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44567296540927,"sku":"9780099520337","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3b7fe04-4468-4ecf-8492-1666e9aa5924.jpg?v=1701377002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/books-burn-badly-manuel-rivas-9780099520337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}