When I sing, mountains dance
Solà, Irene, 1990-2022
Book
"When Domenec -- mountain-dweller, father, poet, dreamer -- dies suddenly, struck by lightning, he leaves behind two small children, Mia and Hilari, to grow up wild among the looming summits of the Pyrenees and the ghosts of the Spanish civil war. But then Hilari dies too, and his sister is forced to face life's struggles and joys alone. As the years tumble by, the inhabitants of the mountain -- human, animal and other -- come together in a chorus of voices to bear witness to the sorrows of one family, and to the savage beauty of the landscape. This remarkable English-language debut is lyrical, mythical, elemental, and ferociously imaginative." -- Description from publisher's website. https://granta.com/products/when-i-sing-mountains-dance/
Main title:
When I sing, mountains dance / Irene Solà ; translated from the Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem.
Author:
Solà, Irene, 1990-, authorLethem, Mara, translator
Imprint:
London : Granta Books, 2022.©2022
Collation:
198 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes:
"Originally published in 2019 as Canto jo i la muntanya balla by Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain" -- title page verso.Translated from the Catalan.
Contents:
LightningThe names of the womenThe white tableclothThe black chanterellesThe bailiffThe first roe-buckThe settingPoetryEverybody's brotherCrunchBirthing babiesThe snowFearLlunaThe bearCristinaThe dance of the oat harvestThe ghost.
ISBN:
9781783787142 (hbk)9781783787142 (hardback)
Dewey class:
849.936
Language:
EnglishCatalan
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
729636
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | Fiction | SOLA | On loan - Due: 16 Jul 2026 |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | SOLA | Available |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | SOLA | On loan - Due: 12 Jul 2026 |