IN THE NIGHT OF TIME
Antonio Muñoz Molina (trans. Edith Grossman; Tuskar Rock, 2015) ISBN: 978 1 78125 463 9. RRP $35.99 
Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish literary heavyweight who I, poor ignorant, had never heard of before reviewing this book. In the Night of Time is his 23rd book, a tome of luscious long paragraphs* and reverie; of love and desire; and of Spain at the outbreak of the devastating civil war of the 1930s.
My familiarity with Spanish literature, it must be said, is virtually non-existent. I’m also not particularly well-apprised of the history of Spain, with my familiarity of any kind ending with the reign of of Ferdinand and Isabella. That’s a good 650-odd years of history there. Shame on me. But the point of all this is to say that I can’t really comment on a number of matters regarding Molina’s novel. Is it historically accurate? It… seems to be. Where does it fit in terms of Spanish-language literary trends? It kind of seems vaguely similar to some of the South American books I’ve read in the past? So for that I apologise, guys.