The Anarchist Who Shared My Name

Pablo Martín Sánchez author Jeff Diteman translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Deep Vellum Publishing

Published:20th Dec '18

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Bearing witness to key moments in Europe’s history, this thrilling novel explores the life of an anarchist in 1920s Spain.

When Pablo Martín Sánchez discovers that he shares his name with a Spanish anarchist who was executed in 1924 for the attempted overthrow of Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship, he sets out to reconstruct his life story. Through references to key events in Europe’s history, including the sinking of the Titanic and the Battle of Verdun, and the influence of intellectuals such as Miguel de Unamuno and Victor Blasco Ibañez, The Anarchist Who Shared My Name elegantly captures the life of a man who sought to resist political injustice and paid the ultimate price for his protest. Martín Sánchez’s thrilling tale is the unsettling chronicle of a dark chapter in Spanish history, as courageous as it is timely.

"The novel is so skillfully written and constructed that it kept me turning its pages with eager fascination." — Willard Manus, Lively Arts “It reads faster than you’d expect, and has the same compelling sort of plot-driven narrative as a great Dickens novel. Also, there are anarchists and revolution and when are those things not fun to read about? All historical names and contexts are explained in non-pedantic ways that give the average reader all the necessary information re: Spain pre-World War II.” — Chad Post, Three Percent “Martín Sánchez gives a good picture of the Spanish-émigré scene in Paris and the revolutionary ambitions -- including the role of Blasco Ibáñez -- as well as the anarchist scene of the early twentieth century more generally… an impressive picture of the Spain (and the exiled-Spaniards) situation of those years." The Complete Review “A fascinating immersion into historical documentation and imagined history.” — Tobias Carroll, Words Without Borders

ISBN: 9781941920718

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600 pages