
Stone in a Landslide by Maria Barbal
by Christina
Fiction — Kindle edition. Translated from the Catalan by Laura McGloughlin and Paul Mitchell. Peirene Press, 2011. Originally published 1985. 128 pgs. Library copy. In the nineteenth century, thirteen-year-old Concepció — known as Conxa to her family — is sent to live with her childless aunt and uncle among the foothills of the Catalan Pyrenees because her parents have too many children to feed. And Conxa’s position as the youngest girl makes her all the more of a burden to her […]
Categories: 2018 Reads, Catalan, Europe, Fiction, Peirene Press, Translated • Tags: Laura McGloughlin, Maria Barbal, Paul Mitchell