Manuel Tuñón de Lara, maestro de historiadores

Siglo XI, Bilad al-Maghrib, el País del Sol Poniente. Situado entre Europa al Norte, y Bilad al-Sudan, el País de los Negros, al Sur. La poderosa fuerza de la religión prende en Yahya ibn Ibrahim, retornando de La Meca con el derviche Abdallah ibn Yassin. Juntos, emprenden su movimiento integrista, con poco éxito. Tras un retiro en una ribat de la isla atlántica de Tidra, emergen a la Historia al frente del movimiento al-Murabitun, los del convento. Sus luchas no tardarán en ser conocidas por los reinos cristianos de la península Ibérica, que los conocen como los Almorávides. El...

El título de la obra procede de El antimonio, un relato del escritor siciliano Leonardo Sciascia que apareció en la segunda edición de su libro Los tíos de Sicilia, publicada en 1960. En dicho relato se describe de forma sintética y lírica el cerco de Madrid por los fascistas italianos en 1937. El estudio de la novela de Sciascia se completa con el examen de otros testimonios sobre la guerra civil española, en particular las narraciones de autores como Antonio Tabucchi, Carlo Lucarelli, Bruno Arpaia y Fabrizia Ramondino.

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