The fountains of silence /
Sepetys, Ruta,
The fountains of silence / Ruta Sepetys. - London : Penguin Books, 2020. - 512 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2019.
Madrid, 1957. Tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine while Spanish citizens are gripped by a dark secret. Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, hopes to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography - and fate - introduce him to Ana, a hotel maid, whose family is suffering under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco. Daniel and Ana's lives and hearts collide as they unite to uncover the hidden darkness within the city - a darkness that could engulf them all.
9780241421857 (pbk.) : £7.99
Madrid (Spain)--History--20th century--Fiction.
F SEP
The fountains of silence / Ruta Sepetys. - London : Penguin Books, 2020. - 512 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2019.
Madrid, 1957. Tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine while Spanish citizens are gripped by a dark secret. Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, hopes to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography - and fate - introduce him to Ana, a hotel maid, whose family is suffering under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco. Daniel and Ana's lives and hearts collide as they unite to uncover the hidden darkness within the city - a darkness that could engulf them all.
9780241421857 (pbk.) : £7.99
Madrid (Spain)--History--20th century--Fiction.
F SEP