Aigua de mar. Una tria
Anthology / Selection
La Butxaca - Ed. 62
This selection presents the essential core of Josep Pla's marine narratives, gathered in the second volume of his Obra Completa, Aigua de mar (which also includes other non-narrative pieces of the marine topic). The six short stories collected in this selection are six undisputed masterpieces. All these narratives are unequivocally planian style, but each one has its own very marked characteristics; the reader will find it from the most accurate and prolific description to the most intriguing black novel, going through the ironic journey story. The text of this edition has been carefully established by Robert Gómez, under the auspices of the Cátedra Josep Pla; it's a text that we can consider definitive. On the other hand, Jordi Amat has written a presentation that clarifies many aspects of the writing of Pla's marine narratives and relates them to the reading of Joseph Conrad.