November

Product Description 1989. Salvadorian society is immersed in the horror of civil war. On a fateful November dawn, a group of armed men entered the Universidad Católica and murder six Jesuits priests and two women in cold blood. Survivor of the massacre Father Tojeira is forced to take the reins of control in the sinister days following the attack, desperate to uncover the truth behind the terrible slaughter. Inspired by the real-life tragic events that shook El Salvador and Latin America, November is a moving and unsettling novel about fear, hate and impunity. It is the first book to cast some light on the crime that was never solved and an attempt to speak out, as the murdered Jesuits attempted to do, in the defence of the disadvantaged. Review Absorbing and moving ― The Tablet Spare and moving ― TLS Book Description November is a moving and unsettling fictional retelling of the murder of six Jesuit priests by the Salvadorian army in 1989 by rising star Jorge Galan. From the Back Cover WINNER OF THE PREMIO REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLANovember 1989. El Salvador is immersed in the horrors of a bloody civil war.Early one fateful morning a group of armed men enter a seminary and murder six Jesuit priests and two women in cold blood. In the days that follow, the new rector, Father Tojeira is forced to confront the society in which he lives and discover who these assassins are. The only witness, however, has been silenced by the authorities.Inspired by the tragic events that shook Latin America, November is a courageous and devastating account of how fear, hate and impunity can disfigure a country. About the Author Jorge Galan was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 1973. He is an Arts and Letters graduate of the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA). He is a poet and writer and has received several literary awards, both national and internationally, including the Premio Nacional de Novela Corta (National Prize for Short Stories) and the Gran Maestre de Poesia Nacional de El Salvador, which he was awarded after receiving three National Poetry Prizes in 1996, 1998 and 1999.