A lovely little book set in the Pyrenees

• Book: Stone in a Landslide
• Location: The Pyrenees (Catalonia)
• Author: Maria Barbal

Review Author: tripfiction

A timeless piece of writing, short, a two hour read. Set in the Catalan Pyrenees around the villages of Pallarès, Montsent, Torrent, Noguera, Ermita. It describes the hardships of peasant life in a beautifully lyrical and evocative way, and is the story of Conxa, and how she falls for Jaume when she is living with her aunt, Tia. In the background is the build-up to the Spanish Civil War, King Alfonso XIII leaves the country and as the country changes so does Conxa’s life. The mountains just leap off the pages, the meadows, the search for mushrooms – Moixarrons and Carreretes – the animals….just gorgeously descriptive.

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