The Cypresses Believe in God, Vol. I Scripture of unity with Jesus the

of unity with Jesus the High Priest in coming to serve

he taught religion at a secondary school until his retirement

said it well: “Here in this book

first published in 1935

” With its twelve essays

The Cypresses Believe in God, Vol. I Scripture of unity with Jesus theBy Jos Mara Gironella The Cypresses Believe in God is an epic novel about the anticipatory years of the Spanish Civil War. Set in the provincial capital of Gerona and spanning the years 1931 to 1936, the novel painstakingly plots the public and private elements which eventually exploded into war. At the center of the novel are Matas and Carmen Elgazu Alvear, and their three children: Csar, strange yet saintly; Pilar, charming and clever; and Ignacio,