{"product_id":"9781908670007","title":"Stone in a Landslide","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Catalan modern classic, first published in 1985, now in its 50th edition, for the first time in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beginning of the 20th century: 13-year-old Conxa leaves her home village in the Pyrenees to work for her childless aunt. After years of hardship she finds love with Jaume - a love that will be thwarted by the Spanish Civil War. Approaching her own death, Conxa looks back on a life in which she has lost everything except her own indomitable spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Peirene chose to publish this book: ‘I fell in love with Conxa's narrative voice, its stoic calmness and the complete lack of anger and bitterness. It's a timeless voice, down to earth and full of human contradictory nuances. It's the expression of someone who searches for understanding in a changing world but senses that ultimately there may be no such thing.’ \u003cstrong\u003eMeike Ziervogel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Sparse and haunting.’ \u003cstrong\u003eKaty Guest, \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The compression is so deft, the young narrator's voice so strong, so particular, her straightforward evocation of the hard labour and rare pleasures of mountain life . . . so vibrant, that it makes me want to take scissors to everything else I read.’ \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Lea, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A Pyrenean life told in a quietly effective voice.’ \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Hahn, \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘There is an understated power in Barbal’s depiction of how the forces of history can shape the life of the powerless.’ \u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Turpin, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A masterpiece of world literature and a shining example of the virtuosity of elegant and concise prose.’ \u003cstrong\u003ePam Norfolk, \u003cem\u003eLancashire Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Air-tight believability.’ \u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Tree, \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e​\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOYLES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peirene Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137413693680,"sku":"9781908670007","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908670007_p0.jpg?v=1763623667","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908670007","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}