Nada by Edith Grossman

Nada by Edith Grossman

Eighteen-year old orphan Andrea moves to battle-scarred Barcelona to take up a scholarship at the university.

But staying with relatives in their crumbling apartment, her dreams of independence are dashed among the eccentric collection of misfits who surround her, not least her uncle Roman. As Andrea's university friend, the affluent, elegant Ena, enters into a strange relationship with Roman, Andrea can't help but wonder what future lies ahead for her in such a bizarre and disturbing world.

'A really extraordinary novel . . . as a representation of what it’s like to live inside catastrophe and chaos and intense isolation, I think it’s quite close to unmatched’ - Katie Kitamura, Booker-shortlisted author of Audition

'One of the great classics of contemporary European literature' - Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of The Shadow of the Wind

Translated by Edith Grossman

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
Read today, Nada surprises us with its modernity. By its absolute lack of sentimentality, in spite of the atrocities that it relates. By its exact style, clean, sharp as a crystal, and at the same time full of expressive force and poetic originality. * El Mundo *
A masterly, original novel, minutely and faithfully observed, with psychological aspects that make you think and feel -- Azorín
One of the best novels of the twentieth century. -- Miguel Delibes * author of The Heretic *

Edith Grossman is the award-winning translator of major works by many of Latin America's most important writers. Born in Philadelphia, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Berkeley before receiving her PhD from New York University. She lives in New York City. 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	9781784876210
ISBN 10	1784876216
Title	Nada
Author	Edith Grossman
Series	Vintage Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2020-09-03
Number of pages	304
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