RECOUNTING ANTAGONY BOOK I

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Recounting Antagony, Book Isurveys the social history of Barcelona and Catalonia, primarily since the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. The novel follows the youth and education of Ral Ferrer Gaminde, son of a well- connected, middle-class Catalan family that embraces Franco and Spanish Nationalism. The novels potent drama plays out through Goytisolos crisp, forceful presentation of youth, humor, optimism, rebellion, violence, sexual awakening, indulgence, punishment, and the realization of ones artistic vocation. Alternately modern and historical, Recountingdisplays intelligent realism, emotional gravity, profane