Salt water / Josep Pla ; translated from the Catalan by Peter Bush.
| Author/creator | Pla, Josep |
| Other author | Bush, Peter R., 1946- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First Archipelago books edition. |
| Publication Info | Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2020. |
| Description | 454 pages ; 19 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections. English. 2020 |
| Contents | Preface -- A frustrated voyage -- One from Begur -- Bread and grapes -- Out to sea -- Smuggling -- Still life with fish -- Coral and coral divers -- Shipwrecks: a reportage -- On the rocks -- The sinking of the Cala Galiota: conversations with Dalí the painter's father. |
| Abstract | "Peter Bush, winner of the Ramon Llull Prize for Literary Translation, brings to English this most prolific and influential of Catalan writers. Dripping with a panache that can turn in a comic instant to the most conciliatory humility, Josep Pla's foray into the land and sea most familiar to him will plunge readers head-first into its mysterious (and often tasty!) depths. Here are adventures and shipwrecks, raspy storytellers and the fishy meals that sustain them. After describing the process of beating an octopus with branches to soften up its flesh, Pla writes, "These are dishes that must be seen as a last resort." Pla inflects the mundane with the hidden rhythms of power sculpting culture, so that a hot supper is never just food--it embodies economic precarity and environmental erosion along with its own peculiar flavor. A lifetime of reporting on current events gave Pla the necessary skills to describe the world in all its gritty, funny, invigorating detail." -- Publisher's description. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Translated from the Catalan. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020946421 |
| ISBN | 9781939810724 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1939810728 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |