Nada is the story of two families, both of whom belonged to the same socio-economic class before the war, but because of the senseless brutality of the Spanish Civil War, the culture is in shambles, which means for the protagonist, Andrea, that life will never be the same. Her parents now dead, she finds herself sustained only by the support of a totalitarian, oppressive government that was partially Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Born in Barcelona in , Carmen Laforet spent her childhood in Las Palmas until, like the heroine of her novel, she returned to her native city to attend university. Her first novel Nada (Nothing) was published in Pages: Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosely based on the author’s own life, it is the story of an orphaned young woman who leaves her small town to attend university in war-ravaged Barcelona/5.
Nada: Directed by Edgar Neville. With Conchita Montes, Fosco Giachetti, María Denis, María Cañete. Barcelona, in the forties. Young Andrea comes to town to start college in the midst of an oppressive environment and extreme poverty. She's staying at her aunt Angustias, along with other family members. But the quarrels between them are continuous, making evident the open wounds left by the. Peppered with dark humor, energy, and hope, Carmen Laforet's stunning autobiographical classic is the story of a young woman who endures the harsh realities of her postwar society, emerging wiser and stronger, and with a bright future ahead of her. About Nada. Renowned as Spain's The Catcher in the Rye, this passionate coming-of-age novel. Laforet explores her heroine's burgeoning sexuality with an emotional maturity which would be impressive in a novelist twice her age: Andrea, with her brazen self-exploration, is a marvellous creation." - Ian Thomson, The Telegraph. "A lot happens in Nada and every breathless page seems laden with significance.
Nada is the story of two families, both of whom belonged to the same socio-economic class before the war, but because of the senseless brutality of the Spanish Civil War, the culture is in shambles, which means for the protagonist, Andrea, that life will never be the same. Her parents now dead, she finds herself sustained only by the support of a totalitarian, oppressive government that was partially responsible for her current state. Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosely based on the author’s own life, it is the story of an orphaned young woman who leaves her small town to attend university in war-ravaged Barcelona. Carmen Laforet’s first novel, Nada, tells the coming-of-age story of Andrea, an orphan who moves from a convent in provincial Spain to the city of Barcelona. Published to widespread acclaim in when Laforet was just 23, the novel won the Premio Nadal literary prize.
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