La Parada

Summary

The title novella follows a band of boys on the coast as they set out with birdlime and decoys for a great autumn bird hunt, an adventure that turns into a lesson about friendship and growing up. It is followed by shorter stories of youth and memory, a comic tale of seminarians awaiting the end of the world in Girona, and a long folk tale about a man never content with his lot. A glossary of the dialect words Ruyra uses closes the book. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

Written by Claude Opus 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

Chapters (8)

1. 1. La Parada
2. 2. El Vals Final
3. 3. D'una Olor
4. 4. La Mirada del Pobret
5. 5. El Primer Llustre D’amor
6. 6. La Fi del Mon a Girona
7. 7. El Malcontent - Rondalla
8. 8. Explicacio D'alguns Termes D'aquest Llibre