War, So Much War
By: Mercè Rodoreda ; translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relaño & Martha Tennent
Contributors: Relaño, Maruxa, translator; Tennent, Martha, translator
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Translated from: cat
Translation of: Quanta, quanta guerra...
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781940953229
Copyright date: 2015
Work titles: Quanta, quanta guerra
Description: "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"--Page 4 of cover.