by Carlos Rojas · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471785329
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In 'Conversaciones con Manuel Marià', Carlos Rojas presents a novel set during the retreat from Catalonia in the Spanish Civil War. Through an engaging narrative style, Rojas explores themes of identity, memory, and the impact of war on people's lives. A survivor of the International Brigades, Manuel Marià, returns to the house where he was born, unknowingly, in a context of chaos and desolation.
Carlos Rojas is an American sinologist and translator. He is currently Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. He is a cultural historian and his work and teachings primarily focus on Chinese culture. He also teaches the subjects of film, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2000. Before his professorship at Duke, Rojas was Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Film at the University of Florida. Rojas lives in Durham, North Carolina.
