The Mule

Juan Eslava Galán

Original title: La mula

Translated by Lisa Dillman earliest edition we have, 2003 Bantam, 2008 paperback 304 pages

Autores españoles e iberoamericanos

Critically acclaimed throughout Spain, and now available for the first time in English, this tender, satirical novel vividly captures the intrinsic absurdity of war--and the joys of true friendship in a place where it is difficult to distinguish man from beast.Juan Castro Perez is a simple muleteer caught in the brutal Spanish Civil War. Never far from his closest companion--a stray mule named Valentina whom he is de...

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This book in English

Lisa Dillman 1 printing we hold · 2008 · Bantam

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Editions we hold

La mula edition · 2013 · Booket · 9788408115786
The Mule edition · 2008 · Random House Publishing Group · 9780553904727
The Mule paperback · 2008 · Bantam · 304 pages · 9780553385083
Mule edition · 2008 · Transworld Publishers Limited · 9781299090392
La mula edition · 2003 · Planeta · 267 pages
La Mula edition · Planeta

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