The Cypresses Believe in God

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1956. One Volume Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [bumped at top rear corner, otherwise a nice clean copy with just light shelfwear; the jacket is a bit age-toned along the edges, with a few tiny nicks along the top and bottom edges, one addtional nick at the right edge of the front panel, and a 2.5-inch split at the bottom rear foldover]. Epic novel set in the Catalonian city of Gerona during the period immediately preceding the Spanish Civil War. "This is the story of a Spanish family [and] of the people of Gerona caught up in an onrushing historical crisis. Representing in themselves the splitting forces that brought on the Civil War, the [family is] torn and puzzled and even destroyed. But they never cease to assert, heart-warmingly, the human estate." Originally published in Spain as "Los cipreses creen en Dios" in 1953, and in the U.S. in a 2-volume edition in 1955, it was the first book in a tetralogy about the Spanish conflict. (This is the second printing of the subsequent one-volume American edition.) Per Wikipedia, it was "written from a Roman Catholic viewpoint, by its Catholic author, who had been educated in a seminary -- but who attempted to approach the many nuances and subtleties among all the factions on the eve of war in a fair, even-handed manner." ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .