We recently started our new novel:
Addy - Where is Solana...? The story as it stands now...
Addy
is
an
eight-year-old
boy
who
had
to
flee
to
France
in
early
1939,
together
with
his
parents
and
his
four-year-old
sister
Solana.
General
Franco's
troops
are
approaching
Barcelona and everyone is terrified of Franco's revenge.
They
lose
Solana
along
the
way.
Perhaps
for
the
better:
the
reception
in
France
consists
of
a
piece
of
land
with
barbed
wire
around
it,
nothing
more.
It
is
winter
and
refugees
are
digging
pits
in
misery
to
get
out
of
the
biting
wind.
Sometimes
a gendarme just pees on people in their holes.
After
a
while,
life
becomes
more
or
less
normal
again
when
the
refugees are allowed to work and thus provide for themselves.
When
Addy
has
grown
up,
he
decides
to
start
a
search
for
his
sister.
He
is
sent
in
all
directions
in
Spain.
Will
he
find
Solana
after all? Or is the denouement almost absurd in the end?
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Our novels
War
is
not
just
soldiers
shooting
at
each
other,
there
are
all
kinds
of
other
sides
to
it
-
this
book
is
about
such
a
different side.
In
February
1937
the
ship
Andra
left
for
a
trip
to
the
north
coast
of
Spain.
There
are
weapons
and
ammunition
on
board,
intended
for
the
republicans
fighting
in
the
Spanish
Civil
War
against
the
fascists
led
by
General
Franco.
After
all
kinds
of
problems
along
the
way,
the
ship
finally
reaches
Spain
and
unloads
its
cargo.
But
when
the
Andra
leaves
the
port
again,
the
ship
is
met
and
scuttled
-
two
crew
members
are
killed.
The
rest
are
imprisoned
and
face
two
months
of
uncertainty
about
their fate - execution or release, who can tell?
It's
not
a
fictional
story.
My
grandfather,
who
sailed
along
as
a
sailor,
kept
a
diary
about
it.
From
the
departure
from
Rotterdam
until
the
final
return
home
almost
four
months later.
The
wreck
of
the
Andra
remains
off
the
coast
of
Spain
to
this day, a silent monument to the madness of war.
ISBN 978-946406763-7
240 pages
€ 27,50
War
is
not
just
soldiers
shooting
at
each
other.
There
are
also
other
sides
to
it.
This
book
is
about
such
other
sides.
Ordinary
people
experiencing
unusual
things
in
unusual
situations.
In
this
historical
novel
we
take
you
to
the
stories
of
ordinary
people
during
the
Spanish
Civil
War
(1936-39).
A
nurse,
a
priest,
a
little
girl
and
thirteen
more
stories.
The
exciting
and
compelling
stories
mainly
take
place
in
Spain,
but
also
in
the
Netherlands
or
France.
Some
stories
are
true.
Fiction
and
non-fiction
alternate
and
sometimes
overlap.
Take
away
the
dates
and
the
places
and
these
stories
could
have
happened
anywhere,
anytime.
War
has
always
existed, even today.
ISBN 978-946443201-5
296 pages
€ 29,95
ISBN 978-946481499-6
281 pages
€ 29,95
Fernando
never
knew
his
father.
He
was
a
fisherman
and
died
at
sea
before
Fernando
was
born.
Fernando
grew
up
in
the
1920s
in
the
town
of
Guernica
in
the
Basque
Country.
Together
with
his
best
friend
Ramón,
they
have
quite a happy childhood there.
Fernando
is
a
gentle
boy
who
sometimes
has
difficulty
with people and his Catholic church.
Then
the
love
of
his
life,
Ana
Teresa,
becomes
terminally
ill.
Fernando
makes
a
promise
to
God:
when
He
heals
Ana,
he,
Fernando,
will
become
a
priest
and
dedicate
his
life
to
God. Ana heals and Fernando keeps his word.
When
the
Spanish
Civil
War
breaks
out
(1936-39),
Fernando
experiences
it
in
full
force.
This
also
applies
to
the
devastating
bombing
of
his
hometown
of
Guernica
on
April 26, 1937.
Will
his
faith
endure
and
survive?
Does
the
latter
also
apply to Fernando himself?
Ultimately
it
comes
to
a
climax
in
a
church
in
the
Spanish
town of Yesa.
The
novels
are
only
available
in
Dutch
and
can
be
ordered
from
us.
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and
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