{"product_id":"stone-in-a-landslide-by-maria-barbal","title":"'Stone in a Landslide' by Maria Barbal","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"366\"\u003eMaria Barbal’s \u003cem data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"78\"\u003eStone in a Landslide\u003c\/em\u003e is a spare, devastating Catalan novel first published as \u003cem data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"154\"\u003ePedra de tartera\u003c\/em\u003e in 1985.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"366\"\u003eIt follows Conxa, a Pyrenean peasant woman sent away as a girl to work for relatives, whose life is shaped by labour, marriage, motherhood, poverty and the violent interruption of the Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"785\"\u003eThe power of the novel is in its restraint. Conxa narrates without melodrama or bitterness, which makes the losses land harder: rural life, women’s endurance, political violence, and the way history breaks ordinary people without bothering to remember them. A modern Catalan classic, it was Barbal’s breakthrough work and remains one of her most translated books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"785\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2012 Peirene Press paperback reprint. Translated from the Catalan by Laura McGloughlin and Paul Mitchell. Very good condition with light shelf wear and mild handling to cover.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45745455726675,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/bringdogs_babies_grandparents_23.png?v=1782877047","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/stone-in-a-landslide-by-maria-barbal","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}