Reviews for "The
Return"
"The Return aims to open
the eyes, and tug the heartstrings, of readers
who mostly won't have read Orwell, let alone
Cercas. Beyond some clunkily didactic patches,
it succeeds. These days, the battle of historical
memory against forgetting has to be fought
on many fronts. Hislop deserves a medal for
opening a breach into the holiday beach-bag"
Boyd
Tonkin, Independent Read
More…
"[The Return] should be
required reading for anyone going to Spain
this year...the historical tale is powerful
stuff"
Daily Mail
"executed with verve and
sensitivity…an excellent beach read" Melissa
Katsoulis, The Telegraph: Read
More.
Resources for Reading Groups
Check out The
Reading Circle, for reading group resources about
The Return
Synopsis
Beneath the majestic
towers of the Alhambra, Granada’s cobbled streets resonate
with music and secrets. Sonia Cameron knows
nothing of the city’s shocking past;
she is here to dance. But in a quiet café,
a chance conversation and an intriguing collection
of old photographs draw her into the extraordinary
tale of Spain’s devastating civil war.
Seventy years earlier,
the café is
home to the close-knit Ramírez family.
In 1936, an army coup led by Franco shatters
the country’s fragile peace, and in
the heart of Granada the family witnesses
the atrocities of conflict. Divided by politics
and tragedy, everyone must take a side, fighting
a personal battle as Spain rips itself apart.
Captivating and deeply
moving, Victoria Hislop’s second
novel is as inspiring as her international
bestselling debut, The Island.
THE RETURN has
been published in the following countries:
- UK: Headline;
- US: Harper
Perennial;
- Brazil: Intrinseca;
- Germany: Heyne;
- Greece: Dioptra;
- Holland: De
Boekerij;
- Israel: Miskal;
- Italy: Bompiani;
- Poland: Albatros;
- Portugal: Civilizacao;
- Russia: Family
Leisure Club;
- Slovakia: Ikar;
- Sweden: Norstedts
|