
The Proper Painting
Fabio Rivas(Author)
Small Stations Press
Published on 9. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
164 pages
978-954-384-153-0 (ISBN)
Description
A painter, Xabier Nóvoa, who can only paint if he has a live model in front of him. A maid, Carmiña, who is queen of the washing place. A pickpocket, Inés, who knows how to catch eels. A stepfather, Pig, who merges with the pigs he pins to the ground. A father, Henrique, who works on a North Sea oil rig. Two boys, Forxán and Tilve, who steal from the cab of a fruit lorry. A blind girl, Adela, who seeks revenge with the help of Mariña. A bookseller, Antía, who prepares reading requests for the local inmates. There are hidden connections - Sailor, who visits Carmiña's mistress, is the headmaster of Forxán and Tilve's school; Tilve uses the ruins of the mill where Mariña takes refuge as a landmark; Adela is one of the children entertained by Inés when she hitches a ride; the inmate in the last story is Inés's grandson and sports a tattoo done by the painter. The eight stories in The Proper Painting, Fabio Rivas's inaugural volume, published when the author was twenty-six, met with universal acclaim when the Galician edition came out in 2023; the depth of language, myriad narrative voices and unexpected plot-lines place him firmly in the line of his namesake, Manuel Rivas, and the latter's book Vermeer's Milkmaid & Other Stories, which won the Spanish National Book Award in 1996. Both books are translated into English by Jonathan Dunne.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
192 gr
ISBN-13
978-954-384-153-0 (9789543841530)
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