La Guerra Del General Escobar
J.L. Olaizola
José Luis Olaizola's La guerra del general Escobar is a historical novel centered on a republican officer resisting Franco's coup in the early Spanish Civil War.
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J.L. Olaizola
José Luis Olaizola's La guerra del general Escobar is a historical novel centered on a republican officer resisting Franco's coup in the early Spanish Civil War.
Jean Echenoz
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