Guernica by Dave Boling

This month the book group is discussing a novel set in the Basque Country on the Atlantic coast northeast of Spain and west of France. It is an epic novel reminiscent of Hemingway, which spans the Spanish Civil War through the bombing of Guernica by the Germans in 1937 on the eve of WWII. Guernica was made famous by Picasso with his powerful painting which memorialized the tragedy of the attack.

A recent PBS special Simon Schama's Power of Art  devoted a chapter to this work. A DVD of this program is available through InfoSoup.org.

Historical background on the bombing of Guernica, including videos of survivors is available online:

More information, including an eyewitness account: