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Book SynopsisA sweeping epic saga about the Spanish Civil War -- the Spanish DR ZHIVAGO.
Trade ReviewAlmudena Grandes is one of the most entertaining and powerful literary novelists now writing in Spanish.
The Frozen Heart is a great book - one of the most fully engaged and compelling stories I've ever read -- Peter Florence, Director, Hay on Wye Festival
One of the great writers of our time -- Mario Vargas Llosa
More Iberian ardour ... focusing on the high passions an easterly wind provokes in the inhabitants of a small cooastal town * Financial Times on The Wind from the East *
Most of this story is set in the past, as the events of the present are refracted through continual flashbacks of Juan and Sara's earlier lives ... steadily filled in with intense psychological detail ... the dexterity with which Grandes is able to unpick psychological states makes for a convincing and moving book * The Times on The Wind from the East *
Into the rich mix Grandes throws some classic ingredients of fairy-tales and fables ... Grandes never lets the pace slacken, combining a cracking story with convincing characterisation and good detail * Daily Telegraph on The Wind from the East *
This novel confirms Almudena Grandes as one of Spain's leading writers ... this is a hugely intelligent, wise novel. It also tells a gripping story * Sunday Telegraph on The Wind from the East *
