His brother, Guillem, is also a Republican soldier, but he dies in the Battle of Ebro. The story opens during the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona where the protagonist, Victor Dalmau, has left his medical studies to help the Republicans against the Fascist forces of General Franco. A Long Petal of the Sea became the most popular book in Spain between April 2019 and April 2020.
Based on a real story, it is set partly during the Spanish Civil War and partly in Chile where the protagonists again witness the fight between freedom and repression. The novel was issued in 2019 in Spanish as Largo pétalo de mar, and was translated into English by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson. Originally published in Spain by Plaza & Janés, it was first published in the United States by Vintage Espanol. A Long Petal of the Sea ( Spanish: Largo pétalo de mar) is a 2019 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende.
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