La Librera de Madrid / The Bookseller in Madrid (Ediciones B)

Madrid, 1934. The winds of change are blowing in the Spain of the Second Republic when Bâarbara, a young German woman who fled Berlin after the Nazi Party victory, opens a small bookstore. The shop becomes a haven for those dreaming of a free and more hopeful future, but the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War threatens to destroy everything Bâarbara has built. Her love of books and for a young Republican soldier keep her bound to a country entering a spiral of terror she knows all too well, forcing her to fight for her life once more. A passionate and historically accurate novel by one of Spain's most translated and widely read authors. An inspiring story of hope amid intolerance. And, above all, a tribute to the power of literature.