by Panait Istrati · Emesa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426571328
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«Los cardos del Baragán», also «Tierra árida», is the novel by Panait Istrati, published by Emesa in 1973 in paperback (135 pages, in Spanish).
In the Romanian steppe of Baragán at the beginning of the 20th century, a boy named Mataké grows up amid misery and feudal oppression. His initiatory journey shows him the harshness of the landscape and the solidarity of the marginalized, leading him to the peasant revolt of 1907.
Originally published in 1928 as «Les chardons du Baragan», this Spanish edition was translated from French by Joaquín Esteban Perruca and belongs to the Novelas y Cuentos Collection (no. 132).
For readers of classic fiction and Romanian literature, especially those who appreciate coming-of-age stories with historical background.
Panait Istrati (Romanian: [panaˈit isˈtratʲ]; sometimes rendered as Panaït Istrati; was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans. Istrati appears to be the first Romanian author explicitly depicting a homosexual character in his work.
