by Xurxo Souto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491218197
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«O retorno dos homes mariños» is the novel by Xurxo Souto, published by Edicións Xerais in paperback (144 pages, in Galician).
The novel revives the A Coruña myth of the sea men, documented in the 17th century, featuring Señora Laura, a wise woman of the sea, and Mercedes, a young «heavy» who works in a textile workshop and dreams of travelling the world with her band. Amid the noise of the machines, Mercedes hears a voice calling her: the song of the sea of Orzán.
The novel belongs to the «Fluva das Meigas» collection from Xerais Narrativa. It was originally published in 1999; this edition is from 2021.
For readers of Galician fiction interested in sea legends and stories with music and young characters.
