Broken Moon Nights

Original Title: Noches de luna rota

The inhabitants of Peñafonte, a small mining town, try to subsist in the particular balance established after the tragic events of recent years: the workers' revolution of 1934, the Civil War, the repression of the dictatorship and the personal vicissitudes of this singular cast of characters. The wedding of the young Jovita and Arbicio seems to restore hope to the town for a moment, offering the opportunity to leave behind the disastrous destiny that corresponds to its inhabitants by inheritance and revive a community isolated from the world and surrounded by ghosts. Fulgencio Argüelles traces in this novel a truthful and deeply moving portrait of the deep wounds that plagued our past, and elevates Peñafonte, an unmistakable microcosm of Francoist Spain, to the category of a mythical place like Rulfo, García Márquez or Cela.

Praises

“Fulgencio Argüelles’ prose brims with rich sensorial evocations.”
M. Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC

“A moving story of part of our recent history. This is a magnificent novel with echoes of magic realism.”
Sagrario Fernández-Prieto, La Razón

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Acantilado

November 2022

224 pages

Novel

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