Spain

Laforet on Narrative, Memory, and Trauma

Carmen Laforet, Nada

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On Carmen Laforet

A conversation with Sally Perret

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Laforet Questions

Questions on Nada

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Nada (1947 movie)

1947 adaptation of Laforet’s novel

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Reading Nada honestly felt kind of heavy, but in a way that stuck with me. It follows Andrea, a young woman who moves to Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War to start university. She shows up excited and hopeful, imagining this new chapter of her life, and then almost immediately that optimism gets crushed. The […]

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