by Pío Baroja · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420658131
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«Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía» is the classic novel by Pío Baroja, published by Alianza in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Shanti Andía, now elderly, brings together fragments of his diary and evokes his childhood in the Basque village of Lúzaro, his youth in Cádiz, and his years as a frigate captain. He also recalls his fascination with his uncle Juan de Aguirre, a former sailor, and reflects the nostalgia for the sea and the longing for adventure against a conventional society.
The novel was originally published in 1911 and is the first instalment of Pío Baroja's series «El Mar». This edition belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo, Biblioteca Baroja collection, from Alianza.
A work of interest for readers of classic Spanish fiction and for fans of maritime literature.
Pío Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. His brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen who was a goldsmith, was a well-known anthropologist.
