BITTER LESSONS
(DES GIFLES AU VINAIGRE)
by Tony Cartano
Foreign Publishers:
Albin Michel France
February 1939. Franco is in power and the defeated republican army has retreated. Fleeing towns and villages in ruins, A. and his troops wage last, desperate battles against the Fascist forces. Finally, A. crosses into France, his identity and his past left behind him–along with a wife and daughter.
Years later, Antonio, the son born to A. in his new French Basque life, tries to put together the pieces of his mysterious father’s life, as he seeks to answer questions in his own life.
Tony Cartano masterfully interweaves the stories of the father and son to create a stunning exploration of the way events of history shape individual lives.
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