Gonzalo Torné's New Spanish Translation Revives Joan Sales's Civil War Novel 'Incierta gloria'

Gonzalo Torné has made a new Spanish translation of Joan Sales's Catalan novel 'Incierta gloria', returning the work to current debates on historical memory. Sales began writing the novel in 1948 while exiled in Mexico; it was first published in 1956 and revised for years until its definitive edition in 1971, after which the text remained unchanged. The novel portrays the antiheroes of the Spanish Civil War. The article reflects that some books become testimonies of their time, shaped by official narratives. It also recounts the story of a newspaper director and socialist minister captured by the Gestapo who asked that his execution not cause 'rencor' (resentment).