Soldiers cry by night
By: Ana María Matute ; translated by Robert Nugent and María José de la Cámara.
Contributors: Nugent, Robert.; Cámara, María José de la.
Series: Discoveries
Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Fiction.
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 Maria 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 Fascist attack on Barcelona the two young people are forced to choose sides.

Their decisions will forever change their lives.
Notes: The 2nd novel in the trilogy which includes The merchants (1st) and The pitfall (3rd).