Lluís-Anton Baulenas: "El Capote més màgic: L'arpa d'herba"

The Grass Harp made an impression on me right from the very beginning while I was reading it. Later, when I started writing, this is the book that I always had at the forefront of my mind. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, the fact that it shows how realist literature can unexpectedly change direction to become magic realism, without breaking the unity of its narrative, but actually complementing it and then simply convert back to narrative “normality” just like that. Secondly, it shows how a relatively short novel centred around a clearly local setting in the south of the United States, can become universal through the humanity of its characters and of the story.

 
Lluís-Anton Baulenas


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