Swallows Also Fall - Cr Armeny

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Auteur(s) : Cr Armeny

Editeur : Bluerose Publishers Uk Limited

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/08/2025

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 244.0

ISBN : 9789371390071

Résumé :

Swallows Also Fall is a deeply personal and emotionally resonant exploration of memory, history, and loss. Spanning the years 1918 to 1951, the book traces the author's journey to reconstruct the lives of her grandparents and their foster son, Marcel-l? Massana-a member of the anti-Franco resistance who later sought asylum in Paris.

Inspired by Josep Clara's biography of Massana, the narrative took a new direction-focusing on forgotten family stories and the silent suffering of Catalonia under Franco's regime. Told through the voice of Rosana, an illiterate woman symbolizing strength and vulnerability, the book weaves together themes of war, gender roles, cultural erasure, and resilience.

Neither pure fiction nor formal history, Swallows Also Fall is an unfinished but powerful search for truth-an attempt to give voice to the silenced and glimpse into a painful chapter of Spanish history that continues to echo today.

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Biographie:
CR Armeny was born in 1948 in La Valldan, Barcelona, and moved to England in 1971. She holds the Cambridge Certificate and Proficiency in English, a Diploma in Public Interpreting from the London Institute of Linguists, and an MA in Creative Writing.Writing since 1995, Armeny focuses on poetry and historical fiction rooted in memory, identity, and the hidden histories of Catalonia. She sees her work as a personal search-an emotional attempt to explore the Spanish Civil War from a deeply human perspective, even when the truth is too painful to fully uncover....

Sommaire:

Swallows Also Fall is a deeply personal and emotionally resonant exploration of memory, history, and loss. Spanning the years 1918 to 1951, the book traces the author's journey to reconstruct the lives of her grandparents and their foster son, Marcel-l? Massana-a member of the anti-Franco resistance who later sought asylum in Paris.

Inspired by Josep Clara's biography of Massana, the narrative took a new direction-focusing on forgotten family stories and the silent suffering of Catalonia under Franco's regime. Told through the voice of Rosana, an illiterate woman symbolizing strength and vulnerability, the book weaves together themes of war, gender roles, cultural erasure, and resilience.

Neither pure fiction nor formal history, Swallows Also Fall is an unfinished but powerful search for truth-an attempt to give voice to the silenced and glimpse into a painful chapter of Spanish history that continues to echo today.