{"product_id":"la-peninsula-de-las-casa-vacias-tapa-dura","title":"The Peninsula of Empty Houses (Hardcover)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eOur review\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eSometimes a book comes along that drops your jaw. This is one of them. David Uclés has not written a novel about the Civil War (another one, you'll say). No. He has written a \u003cb\u003etotal fable\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eImagine if Gabriel García Márquez had been born in Jándula and had decided to tell our most painful history, but filling it with ghosts who sit down to dinner, children who levitate, and olive trees that bleed. That is \u003ci\u003eLa península de las casas vacías\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eWe follow the Odiol family, a cursed and fascinating clan, through a Spain that crumbles and rebuilds itself. Uclés has such an overflowing imagination that sometimes you have to stop reading to catch your breath. It is lyrical, it is brutal, it is funny, and it is terribly sad all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eThis \u003cb\u003eHardcover\u003c\/b\u003e edition is the poetic justice that a 700-page work deserved. It reads better, preserves better, and looks impressive on the shelf. If you liked \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e, here's your new national obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e🏆AWARD-WINNING NOVEL. These are some of its AWARDS: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCálamo Book of the Year Award 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eAndalucía Critics' Award\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eSpanish Candidate for the European Union Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eKelvin 505 Award from the Celcius 232 Festival for the best original novel in Spanish first published in Spain in 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eEspartaco Award at the Semana Negra of Gijón for the best historical novel written in Spanish\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eDulce Chacón Award 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist VI Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Award; Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Literary Award; Festival 42 Award for best novel in Spanish; Andalucía de las Letras Award 2025. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eBook details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eThe story begins with the decomposition of an atom and the birth of a child. It is 1936 in Jándula, a fictional (yet very real) town in southern Spain. The Odiol family will see their quiet life shattered by the outbreak of the Civil War. But this is not the war of history books: here, soldiers get lost in enchanted forests, the dead return to settle scores, and reality bends to the will of destiny. An epic 15-year journey through a wounded and empty peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Uclés\u003c\/b\u003e (Úbeda, 1990) is a writer, musician, and cartoonist. A modern Renaissance man. With this novel, which took him 15 years to research and write (visiting every town mentioned in the book), he has established himself as one of the most original and powerful voices in contemporary Spanish narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnical Sheet:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Uclés\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Siruela (Nuevos Tiempos Collection)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Siruela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55617550221638,"sku":"Est3\/Bal2","price":30.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/5590\/3302\/files\/LapeninsuladelascasasvaciasA.webp?v=1765471845","url":"https:\/\/libreriacasadrojan.com\/en\/products\/la-peninsula-de-las-casa-vacias-tapa-dura","provider":"Librería Casa Drojan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}