Cathedral of the Sea

Informationen zum Autor Ildefonso Falcones is married with four children and lives in Barcelona where he works as a lawyer. Cathedral of the Sea is intended as a homage to a people who built one of the most beautiful churches on earth in only fifty-four years. First published in Spain where it has become a publishing phenomenon! translation rights have been sold in thirty-six countries. It has won many prizes! including the Euskadi de Plata 2006 for the best novel in Spanish! the Que Leer 2007 Prize for the best book! and the prestigious Italian Giovanni Boccaccio 2007 award for best foreign author. Klappentext 14th-century Spain! the inhabitants of the medieval city of Barcelona is building! stone by stone! a magnificent church to overlook their harbour. This is the Cathedral of the Sea: a church to be built for the people by the people. In its shadow! Arnau! a young serf on the run from his feudal lord! struggles to earn his freedom. After famine! plague and thwarted love! Arnau's journey from slave to nobleman is the story of a struggle between good and evil that will turn Church against State and brother against brother. A bestselling historical masterpiece.

Product details

• Authors: Ildefonso Falcones
• Assisted by: Nick Caistor (Translation)
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.02.2009
• EAN: 9780552775564
• ISBN: 978-0-552-77556-4
• No. of pages: 750
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 178 mm x 39 mm
• Series: Black Swan Paperbacks; Black Swan; Black Swan Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Spanische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.)