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Wounded by the Wind

Wounded by the Wind

Dunne, Jonathan
Riveiro Coello, Antón

Paperback

Series: Small Stations Fiction, Book 42

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 9543841527
ISBN13: 9789543841523
Publisher: Small Stations Press
Published: Sep 8 2025
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The year is 1978. The author is a boy of fifteen who has just returned from boarding school to his home town of Xinzo de Limia in the province of Ourense, Galicia. This town on the River Limia - identified by Roman soldiers with the mythical River Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness - is famous for two things: its prolonged carnival celebrations, during which affable demons known as pantallas patrol the town's streets, banging together inflated pig bladders, and frogs. It is also inhabited by a series of memorable beings who have been wounded by the wind (though sometimes their judgement seems to be better than that of normal human beings). The author's grandfather, Mauro, records this cast of unusual characters in his notebook and shares his impressions with the writer Carlos Casares, who gifts the boy, a budding narrator, his book of short stories Wounded Wind. The author has fallen madly in love with Gabriela. They have declared their love for each other, and this makes it especially important that he get back to the town where he is from. He has remained faithful to her over three long months. The book will introduce the reader to some of the more colourful figures in Xinzo - Marcelino who boards coaches and reads outdated news items about Hitler; Demetrio who plants a tree for each newborn child; Tiroliro (Skirl) who assiduously picks up cigarette ends from under the café tables - and will document the author's own passage from the scarcity of innocence to the rewards of knowledge. Reading will set you free.

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