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The first major English translation of the final book in the expansive and essential "Celia" series by Elena Fortún.
Set during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Celia in the Revolution is the last in a series of young adult novels written by Encarnación Aragoneses, known by the pen name Elena Fortún, one of the most prolific and popular Spanish authors of the mid-twentieth century.
In a series of more than twenty novels, Fortún's protagonist is Celia Gálvez de Montalbán, a precocious and rebellious girl from an affluent family who's not afraid to question authority and dream, and that often gets her into trouble. Readers watch her grow from age seven through adolescence to the threshold of womanhood at seventeen, which is her age in this dark, inspiring novel about the war that changed Spain.
In this last narrative in the legendary series, Celia has an awakening that not even her lively imagination could have anticipated. The once carefree, innocent child prone to playful fantasies must suddenly confront a world that's utterly changed, finding herself amid a bloody conflict, la Guerra Civil. Celia, now a madrecita, a little mother to her two younger sisters since the death of their mother, is forced into a life of hardship, a world of hunger, witness to violence, executions, bombing raids, and death. With Celia's sorrows come her courageous and profound compassion, consoling and caring for virtually every war victim that crosses her path, no matter their political inclinations, and no matter all that Celia must contend with herself. Celia, despite all her travails, manages to survive with determination, defiance, and dignity.
Written immediately after the war, Celia in the Revolution was not published during Elena Fortún's lifetime, until after the death of the dictator, Francisco Franco, due to censorship. This first major English translation by eminent scholar and Hispanist Michael Ugarte captures the narrative and nuances of Celia's voice and others in this character-rich novel, and fellow eminent scholar and Hispanist Nuria Capdevila-Arguëlles's preface brings powerful insights into this remarkable work by Elena Fortún that transcends young adult literature.
Contents
Introduction
Nuria Capdevila Argüelles
1. Segovia, 1936
2. Flight
3. Madrid, 25th of July
4. The Carabanchel Military Hospital
5. Executions in Madrid
6. The Refuge
7. Chamartín de la Rosa
8. Evacuation!
9. November 1936
10. February 1937. Hunger and Bombs
11. Evacuation of Madrid
12. Valencia, September 1937
13. Albacete
14. The Sail
15. November 1937
16. Barcelona, Christmas
17. January 1938
18. Totalitarian War
19. March 1937
20. The Return
21. Madrid in Spring
22. Hunger!
23. In My House We Don't Eat, But...
24. Winter. Papá
25. The War is Lost
26. Valencia
27. Juan García
28. Good-bye
