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The Ashes of Iron

Ramiro Pinilla · 2005 CE · Novel · Spanish · Contemporary

The third volume of the trilogy Verdes valles, colinas rojas follows the iron-owning families and the workers of Getxo on the Basque coast from the Civil War onward. Written in Spanish and set in Biscay, it won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa for a regional saga of class.

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Attributes

Genre
HistoricalPolitical
Theme
Class & InequalityWar & ViolencePower & CorruptionWealth & GreedMemory & Time
Plot type
Generational Saga
Form
Chronicle
Symbol / motif
The EstateThe Sea
Conflict
vs Society
Mode / tone
Realist
Culture / tradition
Spanish

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