Of 1973 threatens their comfortable lives.īallantine Books. Roser has a successful career as a musician. Once in Chile he becomes a cardiologist, while Victor, aĢ3-year-old medical student, also fought for the Republicans and has toįlee the new Nationalist regime. Of Victor's brother Guillem, who died in the fighting. Load of Spanish Civil War refugees to Chile. Secure their places onboard the Winnipeg, which will soon be taking a THE STORY: In 1938, Victor Dalmau and Roser Bruguera marry to She lives in California's San Francisco Bay area. Among her many awards are aĢ018 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution toĪmerican Letters.

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Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. But they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they will be exiles no more. Starting over on a new continent, their trials are just beginning, and over the course of their lives, they will face trial after trial. Together with two thousand other refugees, they embark on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda, to Chile: “the long petal of sea and wine and snow.” As unlikely partners, they embrace exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain.

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