num_pages: 158
description: In Soldiers Cry by Night, 1964, the second volume of The Merchants (1959-1969), an award-winning trilogy about the Spanish Civil War, Ana María Matute uses a realistic setting and autobiographical detail to depict triumph and loss. Manuel and Marta are forced to accept the end of their innocent childhood happiness, and must come to terms with the allegiances and betrayals of the harsh adult world. During the Facist attack on Barcelona the two young people are forced to choose sides. Their decisions will forever change their lives.
language: English
title: Soldiers Cry By Night
titlecomplete: Soldiers Cry By Night
genres: Fiction, Spanish Literature, Spain
ratings_count: 177
series: Los mercaderes
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Premio Fastenrath
publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press