In the night of time isbn 9781781254639 pdf epub edith. After a brief period in madrid when he got caught up in an antifranco conspiracy, he studied art in granada. Superb novel of the spanish civil war, ranking among the best of the many books written about that conflict. Sep 03, 20 ardor guerrero ebook written by antonio munoz molina.
Antonio munoz molina primary author only author division. Jan 24, 2020 by antonio munoz molina one of spains most acclaimed voices, molinas book blends genres to create snapshots of jewish life under hitler and stalins regimes. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including spains national narrative prize, the planeta prize. Amazingly, at the time of writing, it is out of print in english. In 20 he received the prince of asturias award for literature. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read plenilunio. Her first novel nada nothing was published in 1945. Munoz molina was born in the town of ubeda in jaen province.
About the author antonio munoz molina was born in ubeda, spain, in january 1956. Antonio munoz molina was born on january 10, 1956 in ubeda, jaen, andalucia, spain. The mystery of the storywhether marios wife, blanca, has been replaced by someone identicalseems farfetched and simultaneously believable. Jul 21, 2017 rays brief stint in lisbon is the raison detre for antonio munoz molinas new novel like a fading shadow. Munoz molina is married to spanish author and journalist, elvira lindo. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading in the night of time.
Although such ambiguity is central to the novel, this is an intimate tale, one that is not well served by a traditionally omniscient point of view. He does so from the point of view of an architect, ignacio abel, who has risen from the ranks of the working poor, his bricklayer father scorning and pitying him for. Spains antonio munoz molina is the kind of european writer the wider world tends to hear about only after hes awarded a nobel. It is an astonishingly gripping tale with a nervous intensity that propels the two characters into situations they did not expect. Antonio munoz molina s in the night of time is the story of a love affair between a successful, married, middleaged spanish architect and a young, beautiful, intelligent american woman. Books by antonio munoz molina antonio munoz molina average rating 3. Margaret sayers pedens english translation of munoz molinas novel sepharad won the pen book ofthemonth club translation prize in 2004. Molinas compelling tale also evokes comparisons to don delillos historiographic metafiction, especially in libra 1988, which explores lee harvey oswald. It had the potential to be a great and original novel, but didnt live up to expectations, at least not mine. It begins with an unidentified narrator watching, or imagining, a man in a new york train.
In the night of time by antonio munoz molina, edith grossman. Molinas central character is stranded in time, in place, in politics and in love. In the night of time by antonio munoz molina goodreads. It is a long, elaborate, complicated maze, peppered with historical facts and. Antonio munoz molina is currently considered a single author.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of antonio munoz molina books online. See all books authored by antonio munoz molina, including sepharad, and in the night of time, and more on. The desperate answer that antonio munoz molina proposes in this short, circular novella is a model of literary strategy and style, a splendid homage to flaubert. He is the author of more than a dozen novels, including in the night of time also published by tuskar rock, sepharad, and a manuscript of ashes. In his books, the small town of magina is clearly based on ubeda. Molina appears to be finally getting the international attention he deserves. A rich, panoramic portrait of spain on the brink of civil war, in the night of time details the passions and tragedies of a country tearing itself apart.
In one chapter, two women are bound for camps in russia and germany, while another sees romance bloom between a nun and a shoemaker. Antonio munoz molina is the author of more than a dozen novels, including in the night of time also published by tuskar rock, sepharad, and a manuscript of ashes. Details of all kindsthis primitive city had no hot dog standsdot the. This is a stylistically complex novel, with shifts of perspective and time, and gorgeously layered language, a book in which to lose oneself, like italo calvinos if on a winters night a traveler 1979. Published in the authors native spain in 1986, it demonstrates his early postmodernist tendenciesparticularly a predilection for narratives that shift in time and for shadowy narrators who destabilize the story. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The year is 1936, the place a train heading to rhineburg, ny. Lust and loss in madrid by colm toibin the new york. A revolutionary guardsman deems ignacio abel, the protagonist of antonio munoz molinas in the night of time, a gentleman with a union card.
It is fitting that antonio munoz molina s latest, exhilarating novel, in the night of time, about a successful architect caught up in the twin upheavals of the spanish civil war and an. Antonio munoz molina was born in 1956 in jaen, spain. In the night of time kindle edition by molina, antonio munoz, grossman, edith. After marrying his wife is the writer elvira lindo he took a job in local government. The story is far from over, but we will see no more of it. In the night of time, by antonio munoz molina financial times. He does so from the point of view of an architect, ignacio abel, who has risen from the ranks of the.
Antonio munoz molina, author, margaret sayers peden, translator, trans. Antonio munoz molinas novella, in her absence, is a supreme example of this technique. We may be frustrated at this abrupt ending, but munoz molina is intent on reminding us that we have no right to expect otherwise. The war of 193639 remains an unhealed wound, and molina sepharad, 2003, etc. This acclaimed book by antonio munoz molina is available at in several formats for your ereader. Antonio munoz molina born 10 january 1956 is a spanish writer and, since 8 june 1995. L ike a fading shadow, taking its title from psalm 102.
Novel written by antonio munoz molina mixing jazz and intrigue as a tribute to american black films. Apr 24, 2015 it is fitting that antonio munoz molinas latest, exhilarating novel, in the night of time, about a successful architect caught up in the twin upheavals of the spanish civil war and an. Margaret sayers pedens english translation of munoz molinas novel sepharad won the penbookofthemonth club translation. Dec 24, 20 in the night of time by antonio munoz molina. Spains sliced iberia into a series of mind states, intellectual positions and moral prerogatives that deposited a prismatic understanding of those traumatic events. Compared in scope and importance to war and peace, munoz molinas masterpiece is the great epic of the spanish civil war written by one of spains most important contemporary novelists. In the night of time kindle edition by molina, antonio. Antonio munoz molinas in the night of time is the story of a love affair between a successful, married, middleaged spanish architect and a young, beautiful, intelligent american woman. Antonio munoz molina s novel is one of the most eloquent monuments to the spanish civil war ever to be raised in fiction. A manuscript of ashes, antonio munoz molinas debut novel though not his first translated into english, reads as a primer on his work.
He studied history of art at the university of granada and journalism in madrid. He studied journalism in madrid and then art history at the university of granada, where he lived between 1974 and 1991. From the author of sepharad comes an internationally bestsell. A war and peace for the spanish civil war, this classically sweeping novel from molina a manuscript of ashes follows a large cast of. At the age of eight, his father had dropped out of school to help with the familys small farm. The polish rider complex novel by antonio munoz molina which attempts to recreate the memory of the andalusian village of magina through a series of interconnected stories. Born in barcelona in 1921, carmen laforet spent her childhood in las palmas until, like the heroine of her novel, she returned to her native city to attend university. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards including spains national. Although such ambiguity is central to the novel, this is an intimate tale, one that is not well. One was his own, in the 1980s, researching the novel that would make a name for him, winter in lisbon.
Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Jan 02, 2014 in the night of time by antonio munoz molina, translated by edith grossman hmh. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ardor guerrero. Antonio munoz molina books list of books by author antonio. Antonio munoz molina is the author of more than a dozen novels, including in the night of time, sepharad, and a manuscript of ashes. Antonio munoz molina is one of the most impressive of the contemporary crop of spanish writers in their late late thirties and forties the list includes julian marias and manuel rivas who are intent on understanding a past they have no direct access to. In her absence isbn 9781590512531 pdf epub antonio munoz. After studying at the university of granada, he began writing for newspapers and published his first novel. The other was that of james earl ray, twenty years earlier, on the run having killed martin luther king jr. Antonio munoz molina was born in 1956 in the town of ubeda in jaen province, spain. Until 1988, munoz molina worked in granada as a municipal employee. A lauded spanish novel describes a love affair amid the turmoil of civil war. Project muse time out of joint in antonio munoz molinas.
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