Los rojos de ultramar

Through the eyes of his grandson, a university professor in Mexico and the story's narrator, we will discover Arcadi's life over time, starting from that fateful January 11, 1937, when he decided to participate in a war that would radically change his life and that of his family. Jordi Soler has rescued from collective oblivion the true story of his family and that of countless Spaniards who, having lost the Civil War, had to abandon their country forever. Thus, we come to know the other exile—that of the immense, nameless minority who managed to survive in French concentration camps, fought their own war to leave a Europe that had turned them into pariahs, and arrived in Mexico, a country where they would have to rebuild their lives from scratch. And from there, they would continue fighting against General Franco. Jordi Soler was born in 1963 in La Portuguesa (Veracruz, Mexico). He is the author of two poetry books and thirteen novels, translated into several languages. Since Bocafloja (1994), his first novel, he became one of the most important literary voices of his generation. His notable novels include Los rojos de ultramar (2004), Diles que son cadáveres (2011), Ese príncipe que fui (2015), El cuerpo eléctrico (2017), and the twelve-panel story Usos rudimentarios de la selva (2018). En el reino del toro sagrado is his latest novel. For ten years, parallel to his writing career, he hosted music and literature programs on two of Mexico's most influential radio stations. He then served as a diplomat in Dublin and now lives in Barcelona, the city his family left at the end of the Civil War. He is a regular contributor to various newspapers and magazines.