Tue, Mar 17
|Backstory English Bookshop
Julian Zabalbeascoa — What We Tried to Bury Grows Here
A masterly crafted and haunting tale of survival, longing, and empathy, set during the Spanish Civil War
Time & Location
Mar 17, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Backstory English Bookshop, Carrer de Mallorca, 330, L'Eixample, 08037 Barcelona, España
About the event
We are delighted to welcome Julian Zabalbeascoa for the European launch of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, "a fiery, visceral tale of the Spanish Civil War," according to the New York Times, and a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Zabalbeascoa will be in conversation with Nick Lloyd, author of Travels through the Spanish Civil War. Together, they will reflect on the Spanish Civil War, its origins and consequences, and the war's deep resonances today, in Spain and throughout the world.
This promises to be a rich and wide-ranging conversation, followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing.
About the Speakers:
Julian Zabalbeascoa is the debut author of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here. Among other journals, his short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, The Gettysburg Review, One Story, and Ploughshares. He is a dual citizen of Spain and the…