Nada

byCarmen Laforet, Edith Grossman (Translator)

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Eighteen year old orphan Andrea moves to battle-scarred Barcelona to take up a scholarship at the university.

But staying with relatives in their crumbling apartment, her dreams of independence are dashed among the eccentric collection of misfits who surround her, not least her uncle Roman. As Andrea's university friend, the affluent, elegant Ena, enters into a strange relationship with Roman, Andrea can't help but wonder what future lies ahead for her in such a bizarre and disturbing world.

One of the great classics of contemporary European literature.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of The Shadow of the Wind

About Carmen Laforet

Born in Barcelona in 1921, Carmen Laforet spent her childhood in Las Palmas until, like the heroine of her novel, she returned to her native city to attend university. Her first novel Nada (Nothing) was published in 1945. She died in Madrid in 2004.

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