Nada by Edith Grossman

Nada by Edith Grossman

Set in war-torn, brutalised Barcelona, this novel is about Andrea, who comes to the city to study literature at the university. She makes her way to the home of relatives. Tension between her grandmother, her two uncles, an aunt, and the housekeeper is present from the moment of her arrival and it grows as the story develops.

One of the great classics of contemporary European literature -- Carlos Ruiz Zafon author of The Shadow of the Wind
A story that Carmen Laforet narrates in prose both exalted and icy, in which what is unspoken is more important than what is said, keeping the reader of the novel submerged in indescribable anguish from beginning to end -- Mario Vargas Llosa
Laforet's voice is calm and clear..this remarkably sophisticated novel ...is unlike most Spanish literature of the time and before -- Michael Eaude * Independent *
A welcome rediscovery and a fascinating danse macabre * Daily Mail *
Laforet develops her narrative in a series of cataclysmic, operatic confrontations, in which no holds are barred. The language...is poetic, melodramatic, hyperbolic. Yet it never feels forced or ersatz... Nada is Zola-esque...what particularly impresses is the haunted atmosphere, the intensity of the paranoia and the unpredictability, and the Cinderella-eyed sensibility of it's heroine... A gothic horror story which deserves the widest possible readership -- Alan Taylor * Sunday Herald *

Born in Barcelona in 1921, Carmen Laforet spent her childhood in Las Palmas until, like the heroine of her novel, she returned to her native city to attend university. Her first novel Nada (Nothing) was published in 1945. She died in Madrid in 2004.

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ISBN 13	9780099494195
ISBN 10	0099494191
Title	Nada
Author	Edith Grossman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2008-02-07
Number of pages	256
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