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May 01, 2019
Antonomasia
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"What a wonderful book", I kept saying to myself once I'd got into Nada, and it maintained its gorgeous gothic atmosphere for the rest of the novel. Don't judge it on the first two or three clunky pages - it takes a short while to find its feet, but soon becomes impressively sure of them.
There's something very contemporary in its main themes, but it feels fresher and freer in the way it approaches them, because it is untrammelled by current buzzwords and tropes. (It was written 75 years ago, and ...more
There's something very contemporary in its main themes, but it feels fresher and freer in the way it approaches them, because it is untrammelled by current buzzwords and tropes. (It was written 75 years ago, and ...more
A long awaited book, just arrived from Spain through BM.
This is the story of Andrea who moves from the countryside to Barcelona in order to perform her universities studies on literature.
After the Spanish Civil War and under Franco's regime, Andrea suffers a lot of turmoil emotions regarding her family and her close friends as well.
This a very touching novel by Carmem Laforet showing in Andrea's auto-biographical story how she made her journey towards adulthood.
...more
This is the story of Andrea who moves from the countryside to Barcelona in order to perform her universities studies on literature.
After the Spanish Civil War and under Franco's regime, Andrea suffers a lot of turmoil emotions regarding her family and her close friends as well.
This a very touching novel by Carmem Laforet showing in Andrea's auto-biographical story how she made her journey towards adulthood.
...more
Read this before GR and absolutely loved it!
Apesar de não ter uma história principal realmente forte, que nos agarre ao livro, acompanhar Andrea por Barcelona, conhecer a sua família e toda a sua loucura e pobreza, tornaram a leitura muito fluída e rápida.
A construção das personagens e a excelente escrita descritiva, na dose certa, de Carmen Laforet fazem com que se consiga imaginar todo o cenário familiar e social da época, cada traço de loucura (provocado pela fome e miséria?), a angústia típica do fim da adolescência e entrada na vida ...more
A construção das personagens e a excelente escrita descritiva, na dose certa, de Carmen Laforet fazem com que se consiga imaginar todo o cenário familiar e social da época, cada traço de loucura (provocado pela fome e miséria?), a angústia típica do fim da adolescência e entrada na vida ...more
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Jane
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