by Ramiro Pinilla · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467210187
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«La tierra convulsa» is the novel by Ramiro Pinilla, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (736 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Getxo, the novel begins at the end of the 19th century with the confrontation between Cristina Onaindia, married to the industrialist Camilo Baskardo, and an unnamed maid who announces an illegitimate child. Two teachers recall these stories in a fresco about the Basque Country and the collision between change and the resistance of a people.
First installment of the saga «Verdes valles, colinas rojas», winner of the Euskadi Literature Prize in 2005.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction interested in family sagas with a Basque historical background.
Ramiro Pinilla (1923–2014) was a Spanish writer. He was born in Bilbao in 1923. He won the Premio Nadal in 1960 for his novel Las ciegas hormigas. He left the literary circuit for many years and did not emerge again until the 2000s, when he released his Basque trilogy of novels titled Verdes valles, Colinas rojas to great critical acclaim. He died in 2014.
