La Bodega

La Bodega: The Fruit of the Vine is a novel by Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ib����������ez. First published in 1905, the book tells the story of the powerful and wealthy Palos family, who own a vineyard in the Spanish region of Valencia. The novel explores the themes of love, betrayal, and the struggle for power and control.The patriarch of the Palos family, Juanito Palos, is a shrewd businessman who has built his fortune on the success of his vineyard. He is fiercely protective of his family and his legacy, and will stop at nothing to maintain his power and influence. However, his sons, Julian and Tonet, have very different ideas about how to run the family business.Julian is a passionate and impulsive man who is in love with the beautiful and headstrong Carmen, the daughter of a rival vineyard owner. Tonet, on the other hand, is more reserved and calculating, and is determined to take over the family business from his father. As the family struggles to navigate their internal conflicts and external threats, they must also confront the changing political and social landscape of Spain at the turn of the 20th century.La Bodega: The Fruit of the Vine is a sweeping epic that offers a vivid portrayal of life in rural Spain during a time of great change. It is a timeless tale of family, love, and the pursuit of power, and remains one of Ib����������ez's most beloved works.1919. Ibanez, Spanish novelist and political activist, who wrote The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which made him world famous. La Bodega is the third of a notable series in which Ibanez attacks important questions of the day. It was preceded by The Shadow of the Cathedral and The Intruder and directly followed by The Horde. The first of these books deals with the retrogressive influence of the Catholic Church upon Spain; the second, with the Jesuits. La Bodega is a double assault: first, upon the vice of drunkenness, and second, upon the propertied interests that willfully keep the lower class in ignorance. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.