by Martí Domínguez · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788417031701
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«La sega» is the contemporary novel by Martí Domínguez, published by labutxaca in paperback (352 pages).
A boy raised on a farm in Maestrat in the 1940s and 1950s tells how his family becomes caught between the maquis and the Civil Guard. The older sister helps the guerrillas and the mother distrusts them; the protagonist discovers a world of secrets and violence in rural postwar Spain.
The novel has received the Premi de la Crítica de Narrativa Catalana, the Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Novel·la, the Premi de la Crítica dels Escriptors Valencians and the Premi Joaquim Amat-Piniella.
A read for those interested in contemporary fiction and the historical memory of rural Spain under Franco.
