CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NOVEL LAS INVIERNAS BY CRISTINA SANCHEZ ANDRADE
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NOVEL LAS INVIERNAS BY CRISTINA SANCHEZ ANDRADE

Summary/Abstract: Cristina Sánchez Andrade is a contemporary Spanish author very much appreciated for her novels in both Spain and Europe. In Las Inviernas (or The Winterlings in the English version), the novelist creates an enchanting and breath taking story in which she mixes the oral tradition of Galicia, its superstitions and folklore with some real and dramatic events happened in Spain during and after the Civil War. The book is about two somewhat peculiar sisters who return to their childhood home in a Spanish village after a long absence. They joined the ranks of the children evacuated to England during the Civil War 25 years before. In Tierra de Chá, a magic place like Macondo of García Márquez, everything and nothing has changed. The villagers live their lives hiding a dark secret related to the death of the sisters’ grandfather during the Civil War, but the sisters also have a terrible secret to hide. By using a poetical language, the author creates interesting characters still anchored in superstitions and myths.

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