by Anna Seghers · Tigre De Paper · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788494166457
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«La insurrecció dels pescadors de Santa Bàrbara» is the novel by Anna Seghers, published by Tigre de Paper in paperback (108 pages, in Catalan).
Set in the interwar period, the novel starts from the insurrection of some fishermen of Santa Bàrbara at the beginning of the 20th century. The narrative is not limited to showing the harshness of the trade or to x-raying an episode of class struggle, but turns the revolt into a tale of classical tone.
First edition, published on August 25, 2014. Translation from German into Catalan by Adam Majó Garriga. Part of the collection «Lletrafelina. El roig dins el negre» (no. 7).
For readers of classic and contemporary fiction, interested in the interwar period and in class struggle.
Anna Reiling, known by the pen name Anna Seghers, was a German writer. She was notable for exploring and depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Born into a Jewish family and married to a Hungarian Communist, Seghers escaped Nazi-controlled territory through wartime France. She was granted a visa and gained ship's passage to Mexico, where she lived in Mexico City (1941–47).
