The Low Voices
Synopsis
Manuel is growing up in Franco's Spain. He adores his elder sister, María, and they are watched over by their mother, who enjoys reciting poetry, and their father, a construction worker with vertigo. Beyond the walls of the house, he encounters chatty hairdressers and priests, wolf hunters and monstrous carnival effigies.The community is still haunted by the civil war, yet Manuel's world is changing. Coca-Cola opens a factory nearby and news arrives of men landing on the moon. This is a story about family, memory and the experiences that make us who we are.
Book details
- Author:
- Manuel Rivas, Jonathan Dunne
- ISBN:
- 9781473511064
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781846558672, 9780099597438
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2018-08-25
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Copyright by:
- Manuel Rivas, Jonathan Dunne
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
-
English
- Categories:
-
Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family