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On the Precipice of the Labyrinth

Author	Brian Snowden

On the Precipice of the Labyrinth

Brian Snowden

The novel takes place in the late 1930s and involves William Benning, a young American man who finishes college and has had a strong introduction to the Spanish language. Benning graduates from the University of Virginia in 1937 and has learned about what is happening in Europe in general, and Spain specifically, during that tumultuous decade. His interest in continuing to learn the Spanish language and see for himself what is happening in Spain compel him to begin the improbable journey. His adventure in Spain proves to be captivating and meaningful, but it gradually becomes more intense and precarious. Meanwhile, Spain is experiencing a Civil War that has deeply divided the country and involved unprecedented violence and suffering. Benning travels through northern Spain where he encounters three young Spaniards, and together they embark on a journey that results in life-altering events.

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The novel takes place in the late 1930s and involves William Benning, a young American man who finishes college and has had a strong introduction to the Spanish language. Benning graduates from the University of Virginia in 1937 and has learned about what is happening in Europe in general, and Spain specifically, during that tumultuous decade. His interest in continuing to learn the Spanish language and see for himself what is happening in Spain compel him to begin the improbable journey.
His adventure in Spain proves to be captivating and meaningful, but it gradually becomes more intense and precarious. Meanwhile, Spain is experiencing a Civil War that has deeply divided the country and involved unprecedented violence and suffering. Benning travels through northern Spain where he encounters three young Spaniards, and together they embark on a journey that results in life-altering events.

Brian Snowden

Brian Snowden was born in 1950 in Quantico, Virginia but considers Charlottesville to be his home town as his parents were Charlottesville natives. Snowden spent more than twenty years traveling internationally for work and has lived in France, Spain and Peru. He has lived in ten US states stretching from New Jersey to Hawaii and Illinois to Florida. Snowden has traveled to more than 45 countries, speaks Spanish with native fluency and is conversant in Italian. He has been an avid reader since early childhood, and has read a wide variety of works in English, Spanish and Italian, and many other works in translation. His first book was published fifteen years ago in England. It is called "Carnsbury Abbey" and is available on Amazon. His second book, "A Delicate Imbalance" is also available on Amazon as a eBook. Snowden recently completed his third novel, titled "On the Precipice of the Labyrinth", which is the story of a young American who travels to Spain during that country's Civil War. The new novel should be available in paperback and eBook formats in early 2022. Snowden recently retired as a professor at a small mid-western college and resides in West Chester, OH.