War, so much war
Rodoreda, Merc (1908 - 1983)
War, so much war / Mercè Rodoreda ; translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relaño & Martha Tennent - Rochester, NY : Open Letter , 2015, c1980 - 185 p. ; 22 cm.
Despite its title, there is little of war and much of the fantastic in this coming-of-age story, which was the last novel Mercè Rodoreda published during her lifetime. We first meet its young protagonist, Adrià Guinart, as he is leaving Barcelona out of boredom and a thirst for freedom, embarking on a long journey through the backwaters of a rural land, accompanied by the interminable, distant rumblings of an indefinable war. In vignette-like chapters and a narrative style imbued with the fantastic, Guinart meets with numerous adventures and peculiar characters who offer him a surrealistic view of an impoverished, war-ravaged society and shape his perception of his place in the world.
Translated from the Catalan to English.
9781940953229
Adventure fiction
Action and adventure fiction
War fiction
FIC ROD
War, so much war / Mercè Rodoreda ; translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relaño & Martha Tennent - Rochester, NY : Open Letter , 2015, c1980 - 185 p. ; 22 cm.
Despite its title, there is little of war and much of the fantastic in this coming-of-age story, which was the last novel Mercè Rodoreda published during her lifetime. We first meet its young protagonist, Adrià Guinart, as he is leaving Barcelona out of boredom and a thirst for freedom, embarking on a long journey through the backwaters of a rural land, accompanied by the interminable, distant rumblings of an indefinable war. In vignette-like chapters and a narrative style imbued with the fantastic, Guinart meets with numerous adventures and peculiar characters who offer him a surrealistic view of an impoverished, war-ravaged society and shape his perception of his place in the world.
Translated from the Catalan to English.
9781940953229
Adventure fiction
Action and adventure fiction
War fiction
FIC ROD
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