Biography
X. H. Rivadulla Corcón writes fiction, poetry and plays in Galician. His play All-Out Party was the first to be put on by the Galician Centre for Dramatic Art in 1985. He has written and directed numerous series for Galician TV, focusing on marine life (“Saltpetre Shores”, “Fishers of Stories”) and social affairs (“The Open Door”). His books for young people, including Our Love Will Be Eternal (2011), have won the Martín Sarmiento Award – an award that is voted on by 3,000 schoolchildren – five times. Other titles include Pirates of the Island of Hope (2008), Sea Dreams (2014) and When the Horn Sounds (2020). He has published several collections of poetry, the latest of which is Castaway Love (2020).
Synopsis
Our Love Will Be Eternal (208 pages) is one of several books of young people’s literature written by X. H. Rivadulla Corcón. This title is aimed at teenagers and won him the Martín Sarmiento Award, an award voted on by schoolchildren, in 2013. It tells the story of the love between a troubadour, Buserán, and a beautiful girl, Frolinda.
Sample
Through the cell’s tiny window, the early dawn light entered the room. The troubadour Buserán had already spent three days and nights confined there, completely alone. He didn’t know what was to become of him or if he was ever going to see his beloved Frolinda again. There in the dark cell he refused to resign himself to the only fate that awaited him, but what could he do to escape from it? It seemed as though there was absolutely nothing he could do. He moved closer to the window to look out at the sea and discovered that so much fog had fallen that day it was impossible to distinguish the horizon in the distance, the sea and the sky merging together as one.
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