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Stone in a Landslide
Location(s): The Pyrenees (Catalonia)
Genre(s): Historical, Novella
Era(s): 1920s onwards
The beginning of the 20th century: 13-year-old Conxa has to leave her home village in the Pyrenees to work for her childless aunt. After years of hard labour, she finds love with Jaume – a love that will be thwarted by the Spanish Civil War. Approaching her own death, Conxa looks back on a life in which she has lost everything except her own indomitable spirit. This story presents a fascinating timeless voice, down to earth and full of human contradictory nuances. Its’ the expression of someone who searches for understanding in a changing world but senses that ultimately there may be no such thing. This is the Catalan modern classic.
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