by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · L'Oronella - Foment de les Lletres Valencianes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788494588464
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Arròs i tartana» is the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez published by L'Oronella in paperback, in Valencian (334 pages).
Set in Valencia at the end of the 19th century, the novel takes its title from the expression «arroz y tartana», which alludes to spending more than one has to appear luxurious. Doña Manuela, widow of two marriages and mother of Amparito and Conchita, mortgages her estate to keep up appearances and seeks advantageous marriages for her daughters.
It is part of the Clàssics valencians collection (no. 41), with a translation by Antoni Ruiz Negre and an introduction by Fernando Millán.
An edition intended for readers interested in Valencian classics and in Blasco Ibáñez's narrative.
Valencian novelist and politician, author of La Barraca, Reeds and Mud and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a major international bestseller of his day.
