This is a story that encapsulates the main movements of Twentieth Century European history, reflected in a strange micro-land, away from the big stages of history and inhabited by endearing characters. «A dance for the (Spanish) Republic» («Un Ball per la República«) is the title of a book written by two very disparate individuals, Mr. Jose Enjuanes (1915-2010) and the sociologist Josep Espluga, who after a series of encounters without any clear expectation, finally recognize themselves in the same story.
Here you can know about the full story:
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About Republics and Dances (1900 – 1935)
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On Collectivism and War (1936 – 1937)
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Wartime (1937 – 1939)
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About Losses and Penalties (1939 – 1959)
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On Secrecy and Democracy (1960 – 1990)
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37. A man lost in an isolated republic
It has been placed at the bottom of the Wartime (1937-1939) page.
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This is the story of a beloved and unknown people, a village –Alcampell– and a county –La Llitera-, which because of their peripheral position on the map are rarely the subject of study by official historians.
Here you will find the story of a man passing through the Twentieth Century almost from end to end, expressed in an older everyday language, a man who lived the fall of a monarchy and the arrival of the democratic Spanish Republic in the Thirties with euphoria, who experienced the application of libertarian communism by the Spanish anarchists, who was involved in a horrible war against fascism and who was imprisoned in several concentration camps, who endured a terrible dictatorship, and still saw the flowering of an unexpected democracy. A man whose only difference with so many fellow travelers is that, in the end, he has been able to tell his story. Or that he even wanted to.
«Un ball per la República» is published by Pagès Editors (Lleida, 2010). The book is written in Catalan.
Alcampell on the map:
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«Un ball per la República» (Un baile por la República) es un relato a dos voces producto de una serie de encuentros entre dos individuos bien dispares, José Enjuanes Pena y Josep Espluga Trenc, quienes, sin proponérselo, acaban por reconocerse en una historia común.