Praise
Praise for The Fountains of Silence
“Spain under Francisco Franco is as dystopian a setting as Margaret Atwood’s Gilead in Ruta Sepetys’s suspenseful, romantic and timely new work of historical fiction. The Fountains of Silence speaks truth to power, persuading future rulers to avoid repeating the crimes of the past.”
The New York Times
“Gripping. Full of twists and revelations. Ruta Sepetys is the finest writer of historical fiction working today.”
The Wall Street Journal
“Full of both beauty and terror. The Fountains of Silence may be about things that went unsaid for decades, but it speaks its truth loud and clear.”
NPR
“A staggering tale of love, loss, and national shame… Sepetys triumphs with this towering work of historical insight, somehow managing to both devastate and give you faith in the expansive generosity of the human spirit.”
Entertainment Weekly
“Meticulous research is presented through believable, complex characters on the brink of adulthood who personalize the questions we all must answer about our place in the world.
Kirkus (Starred Review)
A stunning novel that exposes modern fascism and elevates human resilience.”
“A masterwork of historical fiction. Sepetys is the matador, the reader is the bull, and each time one attempts to close the book, a new piece of information flashes before you like a blood red cape, and you take off running.”
The Harvard Crimson
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