Bitter roots; translated

by Richard Pevear by Jose Vincente Ortuño

$15 · Offered by Bolerium Books

New York: Pomerica Press Limited, 1978. ix , 259p., first English language edition titled boards in dj, very good. Originally published in France in 1971, this autobiographical account of a child of the Civil War describes the rage of a survivor. Jose's mother came from a prominent family but led a guerrilla band to harass the Franco regime. Informed upon by her own brother, poisoned by the Falangists, she admonished her

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