The Frozen Heart

Author(s): Almudena Grandes

Fiction

In the small town of Torrelodones on the outskirts of Madrid a funeral is taking place. Julio Carrion Gonzalez, a man of tremendous wealth and influence in Madrid, has come home to be buried. But as the family stand by the graveside, his son Alvaro notices the arrival of a stranger - a young and attractive woman. No one appears to know who she is, or why she is there. Alvaro's questions only deepen when the family inherits an enormous amount of money that is a surprise even to them. In his father's study Alvaro discovers an old folder with letters sent to his father in Russia between 1941 and 1943, faded photos of people he never met, and a locked grey metal box. The woman is Raquel Fernandez Perea, the daughter of Spaniards who fled during the Civil War. One episode in her past has marked her for ever - the only time she saw her grandfather cry. Her fate, and that of the family, now hangs on the secrets of Julio's past. From the provincial heartlands of Spain to the battlefields of Russia, The Frozen Heart is a mesmerising journey through a war that tore families apart, fathers against sons, brothers against brothers, wives against husbands.

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Number One bestseller in Spain with 130,000 copies sold in first six weeks, this novel is a real tour de force - like a Spanish Dr Zhivago As with The Wind from the East, this is a high-class blockbuster The Battle for Spain has sold over 50,000 copies in hardback The Wind from the East has had a terrific reception, especially in paperback and was on the longlist for Richard & Judy Book of the Year 'This magnificent saga of shipwrecked lives grips from the first sentence and weaves parallel intrigues of memory and survival, money and revenge, resolved only in the closing pages' Independent

Almudena Grandes is one of Spain's top selling authors. Her first book, The Ages of Lulu, sold over a million copies worldwide and was translated in 21 languages. Two of her books have been made into films and two more films have been contracted.

General Fields

  • : 9780297844891
  • : Orion Publishing Co
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : 1.006
  • : April 2009
  • : 234mm X 153mm X 44mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Almudena Grandes
  • : Paperback
  • : Export ed
  • : 784