Y Dios en la última playa

Y Dios en la última playa (lit.'And God on the Last Shore') is a 1981 novel by the Spanish writer Cristóbal Zaragoza [es].[1]

Y Dios en la última playa
AuthorCristóbal Zaragoza [es]
LanguageSpanish
PublisherPlaneta
Publication date
1981
Publication placeSpain
Pages251
ISBN9788432055478

Plot

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The story takes place in the Basque Country and revolves around the armed separatist group ETA, although this is never explicitly mentioned in the novel itself. The main character is a member of a separatist command who refuses to comply when he is ordered to execute a soldier. This makes his own group sentence him to death.[2]

Reception

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José F. Beaumont of El País wrote that the book has universal value and application, because Zaragoza does not take a side in a political conflict, but condemns violence as such.[2]

The book received the Premio Planeta de Novela. It was a commercial success and eventually printed in 600,000 copies.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Viamonte Lucientes, Ernesto (2022). "Terrorismo y Transición: la representación del terrorista etarra en la novela". La transición española. Memorias públicas/memorias privadas (1975-2020) (in Spanish). Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. p. 368. ISBN 978-84-1340-614-5.
  2. ^ a b Beaumont, José F. (16 October 1981). "Cristóbal Zaragoza ganó el Planeta con una novela sobre la vida de un miembro de ETA". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  3. ^ Amell, Samuel (1996). The Contemporary Spanish Novel: An Annotated, Critical Bibliography, 1936-1994. Bibliographies and Indexes in World Literature. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 0313018197.

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