Vendor
	Writers House Maja Nikolic
Original language
English
Categories
Family history, tracing ancestors

THE AGE OF DISENCHANTMENTS

Aaron Shulman

A gripping narrative history of the Spanish family that influenced Neruda, Dalí, Picasso, and Bolaño.

In this absorbing and atmospheric historical narrative, journalist Aaron Shulman takes us deep into the circumstances surrounding the Spanish Civil War through the lives, loves, and poetry of the Paneros, Spain’s most compelling and eccentric family, whose lives intersected memorably with many of the most storied figures in the art, literature, and politics of the time. Weaving memoir with cultural history and biography, and brought together with vivid storytelling and striking images, THE AGE OF DISENCHANTMENTS sheds new light on the romance and intellectual ferment of the era while revealing the profound and enduring devastation of the war, the Franco dictatorship, and the country’s transition to democracy. A searing tale of love and hatred, art and ambition, and freedom and oppression, THE AGE OF DISENCHANTMENTS is a chronicle of a family who modeled their lives (and deaths) on the works of art that most inspired and obsessed them and who, in turn, profoundly affected the culture and society around them.

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Book Published 2019-03-01 by Ecco

Comments

“A fascinating account...In Shulman’s hands, the story of the gifted, doomed Paneros becomes an absorbing rumination on loyalty and betrayal, history and myth, literature and pretense, on the nature of family, and of memory itself. A remarkable book, and a compulsive read.” – Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad and Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

“A deeply researched portrait...Spain’s roiling history, beginning in the 1930s, forms the backdrop to the family’s turmoil. A richly detailed history.”

“[A] sweeping, ambitious debut...prodigiously researched and beautifully written.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Betrayal and sacrifice, passion and poetry, the fate of a country if not a continent, epic destruction—all is in play in this sweeping yet intimate account. Yet what makes this book so truly rich and resonant is Shulman’s ability to expose the core humanity that underlies the entire saga.” – Mark Eisner, author of Neruda: The Biography of a Poet