GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Josafat
by Prudenci Bertrana
(Francis Boutle Publishers £8.99)
WHEN Josafa was first published in 1906, it caused outrage in Catalonia. A tale of lust and lunacy, it was Prudenci Bertrana’s response to accusations that he had penned a morally dubious novella.
Bertrana (1867-1941) was born into a family with land and property in Girona and Esparra and affiliated to the right-wing Carlist variant of the Catholic Church.
JIM JUMP introduces two new publications that examine both sides of the Irish participation in the Spanish civil war
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