He currently resides in new york city, united states, where he served as the director of the instituto cervantes from 2004 to 2005. The desperate answer that antonio munoz molina proposes in this short, circular novella is a model of literary strategy and style, a splendid homage to flaubert. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read plenilunio. In the night of time kindle edition by molina, antonio munoz, grossman, edith. In the night of time, by antonio munoz molina financial times. Antonio munoz molina is currently considered a single author. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
A lauded spanish novel describes a love affair amid the turmoil of civil war. Antonio munoz molina was born in 1956 in jaen, spain. At the age of eight, his father had dropped out of school to help with the familys small farm. Antonio munoz molinas novella, in her absence, is a supreme example of this technique. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading in the night of time. Published in the authors native spain in 1986, it demonstrates his early postmodernist tendenciesparticularly a predilection for narratives that shift in time and for shadowy narrators who destabilize the story. Antonio munoz molina born 10 january 1956 is a spanish writer and, since 8 june 1995. Antonio munoz molina s novel is one of the most eloquent monuments to the spanish civil war ever to be raised in fiction. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards including spains national. Antonio munoz molina, author, margaret sayers peden, translator, trans.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ardor guerrero. Superb novel of the spanish civil war, ranking among the best of the many books written about that conflict. The year is 1936, the place a train heading to rhineburg, ny. In the night of time by antonio munoz molina goodreads. Books by antonio munoz molina antonio munoz molina average rating 3. A rich, panoramic portrait of spain on the brink of civil war, in the night of time details the passions and tragedies of a country tearing itself apart. The story is far from over, but we will see no more of it. Apr 07, 2016 a revolutionary guardsman deems ignacio abel, the protagonist of antonio munoz molinas in the night of time, a gentleman with a union card.
Jan 02, 2014 in the night of time by antonio munoz molina, translated by edith grossman hmh. Molinas central character is stranded in time, in place, in politics and in love. It had the potential to be a great and original novel, but didnt live up to expectations, at least not mine. Spains antonio munoz molina is the kind of european writer the wider world tends to hear about only after hes awarded a nobel. Compared in scope and importance to war and peace, munoz molinas masterpiece is the great epic of the spanish civil war written by one of spains most important contemporary novelists. He does so from the point of view of an architect, ignacio abel, who has risen from the ranks of the. Munoz molina is married to spanish author and journalist, elvira lindo. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Antonio munoz molinas in the night of time is the story of a love affair between a successful, married, middleaged spanish architect and a young, beautiful, intelligent american woman. After marrying his wife is the writer elvira lindo he took a job in local government. Munoz molina was born in the town of ubeda in jaen province. In the night of time isbn 9781781254639 pdf epub edith. He studied history of art at the university of granada and journalism in madrid. After studying at the university of granada, he began writing for newspapers and published his first novel.
From the author of sepharad comes an internationally bestsell. After a brief period in madrid when he got caught up in an antifranco conspiracy, he studied art in granada. A revolutionary guardsman deems ignacio abel, the protagonist of antonio munoz molinas in the night of time, a gentleman with a union card. The mystery of the storywhether marios wife, blanca, has been replaced by someone identicalseems farfetched and simultaneously believable. Molina appears to be finally getting the international attention he deserves. L ike a fading shadow, taking its title from psalm 102. Antonio munoz molina s in the night of time is the story of a love affair between a successful, married, middleaged spanish architect and a young, beautiful, intelligent american woman. Novel written by antonio munoz molina mixing jazz and intrigue as a tribute to american black films. Dec 24, 20 in the night of time by antonio munoz molina. It is a long, elaborate, complicated maze, peppered with historical facts and. This acclaimed book by antonio munoz molina is available at in several formats for your ereader. Molinas central character is stranded in time, in place, in.
Margaret sayers pedens english translation of munoz molinas novel sepharad won the penbookofthemonth club translation. Jan 24, 2020 by antonio munoz molina one of spains most acclaimed voices, molinas book blends genres to create snapshots of jewish life under hitler and stalins regimes. Born in barcelona in 1921, carmen laforet spent her childhood in las palmas until, like the heroine of her novel, she returned to her native city to attend university. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including spains national narrative prize, the planeta prize. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. In the night of time kindle edition by molina, antonio. In his books, the small town of magina is clearly based on ubeda. It begins with an unidentified narrator watching, or imagining, a man in a new york train. Lust and loss in madrid by colm toibin the new york. Sep 03, 20 ardor guerrero ebook written by antonio munoz molina.
He studied journalism in madrid and then art history at the university of granada, where he lived between 1974 and 1991. See all books authored by antonio munoz molina, including sepharad, and in the night of time, and more on. Although such ambiguity is central to the novel, this is an intimate tale, one that is not well. He does so from the point of view of an architect, ignacio abel, who has risen from the ranks of the working poor, his bricklayer father scorning and pitying him for. Margaret sayers pedens english translation of munoz molinas novel sepharad won the pen book ofthemonth club translation prize in 2004. The other was that of james earl ray, twenty years earlier, on the run having killed martin luther king jr. Spains sliced iberia into a series of mind states, intellectual positions and moral prerogatives that deposited a prismatic understanding of those traumatic events. Discover book depositorys huge selection of antonio munoz molina books online. The war of 193639 remains an unhealed wound, and molina sepharad, 2003, etc. Amazingly, at the time of writing, it is out of print in english. In her absence isbn 9781590512531 pdf epub antonio munoz. A war and peace for the spanish civil war, this classically sweeping novel from molina a manuscript of ashes follows a large cast of.
We may be frustrated at this abrupt ending, but munoz molina is intent on reminding us that we have no right to expect otherwise. Apr 24, 2015 it is fitting that antonio munoz molinas latest, exhilarating novel, in the night of time, about a successful architect caught up in the twin upheavals of the spanish civil war and an. One was his own, in the 1980s, researching the novel that would make a name for him, winter in lisbon. Antonio munoz molina was born on january 10, 1956 in ubeda, jaen, andalucia, spain. In 20 he received the prince of asturias award for literature. A manuscript of ashes, antonio munoz molinas debut novel though not his first translated into english, reads as a primer on his work. Project muse time out of joint in antonio munoz molinas.
Details of all kindsthis primitive city had no hot dog standsdot the. Antonio munoz molina is one of the most impressive of the contemporary crop of spanish writers in their late late thirties and forties the list includes julian marias and manuel rivas who are intent on understanding a past they have no direct access to. In the night of time by antonio munoz molina, edith grossman. Until 1988, munoz molina worked in granada as a municipal employee. It is fitting that antonio munoz molina s latest, exhilarating novel, in the night of time, about a successful architect caught up in the twin upheavals of the spanish civil war and an.
Antonio munoz molina is the author of more than a dozen novels, including in the night of time also published by tuskar rock, sepharad, and a manuscript of ashes. Antonio munoz molina is the author of more than a dozen novels, including in the night of time, sepharad, and a manuscript of ashes. Antonio munoz molina primary author only author division. The polish rider complex novel by antonio munoz molina which attempts to recreate the memory of the andalusian village of magina through a series of interconnected stories. About the author antonio munoz molina was born in ubeda, spain, in january 1956. Jul 21, 2017 rays brief stint in lisbon is the raison detre for antonio munoz molinas new novel like a fading shadow. Although such ambiguity is central to the novel, this is an intimate tale, one that is not well served by a traditionally omniscient point of view. Her first novel nada nothing was published in 1945. Antonio munoz molina books list of books by author antonio. This is a stylistically complex novel, with shifts of perspective and time, and gorgeously layered language, a book in which to lose oneself, like italo calvinos if on a winters night a traveler 1979. In one chapter, two women are bound for camps in russia and germany, while another sees romance bloom between a nun and a shoemaker. He is the author of more than a dozen novels, including in the night of time also published by tuskar rock, sepharad, and a manuscript of ashes. It is an astonishingly gripping tale with a nervous intensity that propels the two characters into situations they did not expect.
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