''Man's Hope'' (french: L'Espoir) is a 1937 novel by André Malraux based upon his experiences in the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

. It was translated into English and published during 1938 as ''Man's Hope''. It deals with the Battle of Teruel.

Adaptation

The story was later adapted as a film, '' Espoir: Sierra de Teruel'', produced by Edouard Corniglion-Molinier and released in 1945, though completed in 1939. It is considered a

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by many European critics, such as Alexandre Astruc. However, the

fascist Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...

( Francoist) government of Spain, and its allies, prohibited the film and attempted, unsuccessfully, to destroy all copies. In English the title has been translated as ''Days of Hope'' as well as by ''Man's Hope''.

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* 1937 French novels Works by André Malraux Novels set during the Spanish Civil War French novels adapted into films {{1930s-war-novel-stub