Abre la puerta al mar

Synopsis of Abre la puerta al mar

«Abre la puerta al mar» is the fantasy novel by Xavier Seoane, published by Reino de Cordelia in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).

First novel by poet Xavier Seoane, originally published in Galician in 2000, it is set in Finisterre and follows the Mallante family in Galicia during the Republic, the war and the postwar period. Rural life along the Costa da Morte blends with legends and fantastic episodes, in the wake of the literary tradition of the Northwest.

Translated from Galician by Seoane himself, it is published in Spanish for the first time; it is number 46 in the Literatura Reino de Cordelia collection.

For readers of Galician narrative and fantasy literature, with an interest in magical realism and the literary tradition of the Iberian Northwest.