Description
DIARY CYCLE I
Book Summary
This volume, the tenth of the Complete Works of Artur Bladé i Desumvila, brings together the author's first two diaries dedicated to Tarragona. The reader will find an intimate and detailed testimony of life in the city and its surroundings during the return from exile. Through a sensitive and erudite gaze, Bladé constructs a narrative that is, at once, a tribute to the places, people, and ideas that make up his emotional world, from daily life in Tarragona to the rural roots of Benissanet.
What is it about?
The book collects the first two volumes of the "Viure a Tarragona" series, which cover the years 1966-1969 and 1970-1971. These are diaries where Artur Bladé records his observations, reflections, and experiences after his return from exile. The work is a song to the city that welcomed him back and to the land he never stopped carrying in his memory. Through daily entries, the author captures his relationship with Tarragona and Benissanet, his hometown, weaving a mosaic of the social, cultural, and personal life of the era.
Main themes
- The diary as a literary and testimonial genre.
- The experience of returning from exile and reintegrating into daily life.
- Memory and the emotional bond with the city of Tarragona and the Ribera d'Ebre region.
- The observation of social, cultural, and political life during the 1960s and early 1970s.
- The construction of a personal and literary identity through intimate writing.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in memoir and non-fiction literature, as well as scholars of the work of Artur Bladé i Desumvila. It will also be of great interest to those who wish to learn about the daily life and cultural atmosphere of Tarragona and the Ebro Lands during the second half of the 20th century. It is an essential work for followers of post-war Catalan literature and exile.
What this book contributes
- A direct and personal testimony of the return from exile, narrated in the first person.
- A detailed and emotional chronicle of life in Tarragona and Benissanet between 1966 and 1971.
- The opportunity to delve into the sensitivity and thought of one of the key authors of 20th-century Catalan literature.
- An example of how intimate writing can become a historical and literary document of great value.
Technical sheet
- Author: BLADE I DESUMVILA, ARTUR
- Publisher: Cossetània Edicions
- Language: cat
- Subject: LITERATURE AND LITERARY STUDIES
- Collection: ARTUR BLADE-O.C
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition date: November 2010
- Number of pages: 432
- Weight: 946 g
Editorial assessment
This tenth volume of the Complete Works of Artur Bladé i Desumvila constitutes a fundamental installment for understanding the author's most personal facet. The hardcover edition and the care of the collection guarantee a quality product for readers and collectors. The work offers a unique and valuable look at a period and a territory, becoming an unavoidable reference for those interested in post-war literature, exile, and the historical memory of Catalonia.