Solitude - 5th Edition by Caterina Víctor Albert Català (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A hidden classic of modern European women's literature.The tragic story of a vibrant young woman locked in the narrow peasant society and stark mountain landscapes of Catalonia.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Caterina Albert i Paradís predates Federico García Lorca and D. H. Lawrence in her portrayal of women's sexual passions. She was an unsung pioneer of modernist literature at the beginning of the twentieth century, writing in the ancient Catalan language of Spain. Published under the nationalist (and necessarily male) pseudonym of Víctor Català, <strong><em>Solitude</em></strong> is regarded as the most important Catalan novel to appear before the Spanish Civil War.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"The seamless translation faithfully illuminates the lucid, brilliant prose of this Catalan author." <em><strong>Publishers Weekly</strong></em></p><p>"<em><strong>Solitude</strong></em> has the haunting qualities of an ancient myth of femaleness... Reading the novel is like looking at a pool of water whose surface is from time to time disturbed by a breeze. One minute the writing seems miraculously clear and lucid, sensual and satisfying: then its quality changes and we are in a dreamy world of world of opaque imagery and meanings that catch the eye yet somehow can never be looked at directly." <em><strong>Zoë Fairbairns </strong></em>in<em><strong> Everywoman </strong></em></p><p>"The most important Catalan novel to appear before the Spanish Civil War. <strong><em>Solitude</em></strong> has not previously been available in English." <em><strong>Translation Review </strong></em></p><p>"<strong><em>Solitude</em></strong> is a gift, given to the reader to savor. " <em><strong>Belles Lettres</strong></em></p><p>"This Catalan book's history is as fascinating as the work itself... Mila's ascent to selfhood and descent from the mountains constitute the coda to this often medieval-seeming legend." <em><strong>ALA Booklist</strong></em></p><p>"Víctor Català's art resides in the inspired creation of Mila and the communication of her states of mind, in her interpenetration of mood and scene whereby we are drawn into feeling with a character and sharing in the process of her own partial coming to an awareness of individuality, essentially feminine individuality." <em><strong>Catalan Writing</strong></em></p><p>"<strong><em>Solitude</em></strong> is powerful, poetic and passionate in its story and central characters, in Català's language, and in the setting the Pyrenees are a kind of central characters in themselves, adding to the force of this novel." <em><strong>British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain </strong></em></p><p>"The novel's folk tales, with their scent of cruelty, linger in the mind, as do the icy, unforgiving vistas below... It's this sense of place that gives <strong><em>Solitude</em></strong> its power." <em><strong>New York Times Book Review</strong></em></p><br>
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