The Catalan modern classic, first published in 1985, now in its 50th edition, for the first time in English.

The beginning of the 20th century: 13-year-old Conxa leaves her home village in the Pyrenees to work for her childless aunt. After years of hardship 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.

 

Why Peirene choose to publish this book:

"I fell in love with Conxa's narrative voice, its stoic calmness and the complete lack of anger and bitterness. It's a timeless voice, down to earth and full of human contradictory nuances. It's the expression of someone who searches for understanding in a changing world but senses that ultimately there may be no such thing." Meike Ziervogel
 

Translated from the Catalan by Laura McGloughlin and
Paul Mitchell.

126pp, Paperback with Flaps, £8.99
ISBN 978-0-9562840-1-3
ebook 978-1-908670-00-7