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London:: Quartet,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First UK printing. A novel which "represents a culmination of the 1989 Nobel Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela's literary art. In 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, 'Lionheart' Gamuzo is abducted and killed, an event recalled repeatedly by the widowed Adega, one of the several narrative voices. In 1939, when the war ends, Tanis Gamuzo avenges his brother. For both events, and for them only, the blind accordion player Gaudencio plays the same mazurka." Originally published in Spain in 1983 and translated by Patricia Haugaard. 312 pp.

New York:: New American Library - NAL,, (1992). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A novel which "represents a culmination of the 1989 Nobel Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela's literary art. In 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, 'Lionheart' Gamuzo is abducted and killed, an event recalled repeatedly by the widowed Adega, one of the several narrative voices. In 1939, when the war ends, Tanis Gamuzo avenges his brother. For both events, and for them only, the blind accordion player Gaudencio plays the same mazurka." Originally published in Spain in 1983 and translated by Patricia Haugaard. 312 pp.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1946).. First UK edition.. 128 pp. Very good plus in boards, lacking dust jacket. Translated from the Spanish by John Marks.