By Seth Brooks

Castelao

Caricature of Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao by Álvaro Cebreiro (A Coruña).

One Million Cows

From One Million Cows by Manuel Rivas, a book of eighteen short stories which won the Spanish Critics’ Prize in 1989. It is considered a foundational work with an important influence on the direction taken by modern Galician literature.

Memories of a Country Boy

Xosé Neira Vilas passed away on 27 November. He was a celebrated Galician writer that wrote about many themes but in particular two constants of the Galician experience: village life and emigration. The following is an excerpt from the novel Memories of a Country Boy.