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Through its characters, the book asks how one lives a dignified life in a country ruled by "humiliated" morals and official puritanism that covers up institutional abuses. The "Episodios" Series

Set primarily in post-Civil War Madrid, the narrative follows , a Republican living under a false identity thanks to his friend, the diplomat Manuel Arroyo Benítez . Los pacientes del doctor Garcia Episodios de un...

The story is considered "deep" because it highlights forgotten history and the moral ambiguity of the era: Through its characters, the book asks how one

Los pacientes del doctor García is a sweeping historical thriller and the fourth installment in Almudena Grandes' ambitious literary project, (Episodes of an Unending War). Grandes designed this series as a modern homage

Grandes designed this series as a modern homage to Benito Pérez Galdós' Episodios Nacionales , focusing on the "losing side" of history. While Los pacientes del doctor García can be read as a standalone, it is part of a larger five-book set: Go to product viewer dialog for this item. Estuche Episodios de una Guerra Interminable

The series title refers to Grandes' goal of chronicling the resistance that continued long after the Spanish Civil War officially ended in 1939.

The story, recently adapted into a popular TV series , is a "deep story" because it moves beyond a standard spy novel to explore 30 years of survival, betrayal, and the "ratlines" used by Nazis to escape to South America after WWII. The Core Plot