{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "From the internationally bestselling author of The Island comes a dazzling new novel of family betrayals, forbidden love, and historical turmoil.Sonia knows nothing of Granada's shocking past, but ordering a simple cup of coffee in a quiet cafe will lead her into the extraordinary tale of a family's fight to survive the horror of the Spanish Civil War.Seventy years earlier, in the Ramirez family's cafe, Concha and Pablo's children relish an atmosphere of hope. Antonio is a serious young teacher, Ignacio a flamboyant matador, and Emilio a skilled musician. Their sister, Mercedes, is a spirited girl whose sole passion is dancing, until she meets Javier and an obsessive love affair begins. But Spain is a country in turmoil. In the heat of civil war, everyone must take a side and choose whether to submit, to fight, or to attempt escape."}, "title": "The return", "covers": [6306584, 10818311, 12405164, 12206170], "subject_places": ["Spain", "Granada (Spain)"], "subjects": ["Fiction", "Social aspects", "British", "Spain in fiction", "British in fiction", "History", "Families", "Families in fiction", "Family", "Family in fiction", "Literature", "Spain, fiction", "Fiction, historical", "Fiction, historical, general", "Fiction, war & military"], "key": "/works/OL15076454W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL2632214A"}}], "subject_times": ["Civil War, 1936-1939"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "genres": ["/tags/OL174T", "/tags/OL170T"], "latest_revision": 10, "revision": 10, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2010-04-20T08:19:14.432013"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-10-08T14:40:58.394086"}}