by Harry Martinson · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401301766
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«Las Ortigas Florecen» is Harry Martinson's autobiographical novel, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
An autobiographical novel in which Martinson recalls his childhood in rural Sweden: after his mother's abandonment and his sister's death, the parish hands him over to various families, each more hostile than the last, until school opens a door to hope. The poetic tone tempers the bitterest episodes and gives meaning to the title.
Original title: Nässlorna blomma (1935). Translation by Ann-Christine Lundin. Harry Martinson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974.
For readers of Swedish literature, classic novels, and childhood stories with a social backdrop.
Harry Martinson was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos". The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy.
