Reconquista
by Miquel Bulnes
Description
Towards the end of the eleventh century, during an expedition to collect protection funds for the city of Seville for King Alfonso VI, the young Castilian cousins Eloy and Carmelo become separated. Carmelo comes under the care of an Islamic vizier in Seville, learns Arabic and serves in Seville’s army; Eloy is appointed infanzón in the province of Toledo, which has been conquered by Alfonso VI. Eventually, their paths will cross again when they face each other on the battlefield.
At the beginning of the twelfth century the Mozarab brother Pius was summoned from Toledo to a monastery of the order of Cluny to hear the confessions of a dying noble. While the noble endlessly stalls his actual confession, Pius gradually begins to understand what kind of place he has traveled to and why he was assigned this task.
Reconquista is a dazzling, all-encompassing novel in which Miquel Bulnes sublimely tells the fascinating story of the struggle between Mohammedans and Christians in Medieval Spain through a host of unforgettable characters.
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Reviews
“Reconquista is seven hundred pages and I read them quickly, in part because of the accessible style, but also because of the plot and the dosing of tension. Bulnes shifts smoothly and cunningly between his characters, through time, from cliffhanger to cliffhanger.” – De Groene Amsterdammer
“A story about friendship, love and loyalty, in which Bulnes manages to keep the lines tight despite complex entanglements and a focus on a partly hopeful, partly chilling end.” – Het Parool
“Miquel Bulnes wrote a daring, unbelievably ambitious and exciting novel that definitively changes the way we look at the Middle Ages.” - de Volkskrant ★★★★
Author Biography
Miquel Bulnes (1976) studied medicine, and now works as a doctor and researcher. His debut Zorg (‘Care’) received high praise from the press, and the rights were immediately sold to Germany. In 2011 he wrote the big historical novel Het bloed in onze aderen (‘The Blood In Our Veins’), which was shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize and has been translated into French.
Uitgeverij Prometheus
Prometheus Publishers is a Dutch publisher that publishes a wide variety of quality fiction and non-fiction titles. Prometheus’s catalogue balances established talents with new voices that we introduce into the literary market. Amongst our fiction authors are renowned Dutch-language authors such as Connie Palmen, Griet Op de Beeck, Tom Lanoye, Tim Krabbé, and Esther Verhoef. Prometheus also publishes the Dutch translations of great international voices like Umberto Eco, Sandro Veronesi, Margaret Atwood, and Zadie Smith. Our non-fiction catalogue is filled with experts from across the scientific spectrum. Ranging from history to psychology and from physics to literary studies, Prometheus offers exciting new insights into a wide range of disciplines. Prometheus also publishes a philosophical series with musings on subjects that are relevant to our society today.
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- Publisher Uitgeverij Prometheus
- Publication Date February 2018
- Orginal LanguageDutch
- ISBN/Identifier 9789044639650
- Publication Country or regionNetherlands
- Pages704
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2018
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