La huida del tiempo / The Flight of Time
Other genres , 1945
Destino
Pages: 2019
This work reveals the full genius of Josep Pla as a writer: simplicity, irony, and clarity.
Originally published in 1945 in Spanish, during the postwar period and under restrictions on the Catalan language, The Flight of Time reflects Pla’s distinctive style. It is a gloss on the most significant dates and events of our rural calendar, where fleeting time, set apart from the grim present and rooted in the Ampurdán lands, shows us that time itself does not pass—rather, it is we who pass through it.