The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · ES · 140644 words

In this powerful novel set in the years leading up to and during the First World War, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez intertwines the destinies of two branches of the same family, divided between Europe and America, to show how passions, ambitions, and national hatreds ultimately drag individuals and nations toward destruction. Through scenes of bourgeois luxury, ideological tensions, and the escalating conflict, the author offers a vibrant portrait of a society hurtling toward catastrophe, while the ominous image of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse looms as a symbol of violence, fanaticism, and human suffering.