Ebook {Epub PDF} Nada by Carmen Laforet

 · Nada tells the story of Andrea who, like Laforet herself, leaves her native Canary Islands at the age of 18 to live in her grandmother's house in Barcelona, with the intention of studying Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosely based on the author’s own life, it is the story of an orphaned young woman who leaves her small town to attend university in war-ravaged Barcelona/5(10K). Cuando Carmen Laforet escribió, a los 23 años, su asombrosa primera novela Nada, estaba sin duda tocada por la gracia. Aunque tal vez fuera más exacto decir por la desgracia, y no ya tocada, sino herida.

Laforet explores her heroine's burgeoning sexuality with an emotional maturity which would be impressive in a novelist twice her age: Andrea, with her brazen self-exploration, is a marvellous creation." - Ian Thomson, The Telegraph. "A lot happens in Nada and every breathless page seems laden with significance. A summary of the book Nada by Carmen Laforet. The Spanish Civil War. Nada () - Carmen Laforet Sobre la autora y la obra- Laforet. o Spain, o Wrote during the post-Civil War period of repression; writing reflected desire for change and liberty- This was her first novel and her most famous, considered her best -.

Born in Barcelona in , Carmen Laforet spent her childhood in Las Palmas until, like the heroine of her novel, she returned to her native city to attend university. Her first novel Nada (Nothing) was published in Nada, which means "nothing" in Spanish, is the first novel of Spanish author Carmen Laforet, published in Plot. The novel is set in post Spanish Civil War Barcelona. The novel is narrated by its main character, Andrea, an orphan, who has fond memories of her well off family in Barcelona, and has been raised in a convent in provincial Spain. Nada is the story of two families, both of whom belonged to the same socio-economic class before the war, but because of the senseless brutality of the Spanish Civil War, the culture is in shambles, which means for the protagonist, Andrea, that life will never be the same. Her parents now dead, she finds herself sustained only by the support of a totalitarian, oppressive government that was partially responsible for her current state.