This magnificently narrated historical novel which tells of the Civil War and anarchism is now in its fifth edition. According to the author, the novel “allowed me to live other lives.” The Children of Bakunin (As Rulas de Bakunin) is born of empathy for the defeated and the vanquished. One of the finest storytellers in contemporary Galician writing, Antón Riveiro Coello performs an act of restitution as well as rebellion with this novel. The memories of the silent heroes who fought for liberty are reclaimed, with the life stories of people such as Camilo Sabio Doldán, an ageing anarchist approaching his hundredth year who has lived through war, prison and exile. The intense horror of the landscape of the past is portrayed in a moving and affective novel which conveys the memories of the unsung and defeated with passion and conviction.