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...Restlessness of Shanti Andia, by Pio Baroja, translated by Anthony Kerrigan. A tale of high 19th century adventure (duels, mutiny, piracy) along the Basque seacoast told in a dry, direct style full of stoic understatement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA,TELEVISION,THEATER: Time Listings, Oct. 5, 1959 | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

...Restlessness of Shanti Andía, by Pio Baroja, translated by Anthony Kerrigan. Hemingway claims to be a disciple of this late great Spanish novelist who tells a tale of high 19th century adventure (duels, mutiny, piracy) along the Basque seacoast in a dry, direct style full of stoic understatement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Sep. 28, 1959 | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...RESTLESSNESS OF SHANTI ANDJA (41 5 pp.)-Plo Baroja, franslafed by Anthony Kerrigan-University of Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Pursuit of Life | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...foreign authors have been presented to U.S. readers with the kind of endorsement that appears on the dust jacket of The Restlessness of Shanti An-dia. The testimonial was delivered in person by Ernest Hemingway, as Pio Baroja, 83, lay dying in his Madrid apartment three years ago. Said Hemingway: "Allow me to pay this small tribute to you who taught so much to those of us who wanted to be writers when we were young. I deplore the fact that you have not yet received a Nobel Prize, especially when it was given to so many who deserved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Pursuit of Life | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

Adventure & Achievement. The question of Nobelity aside, Shanti Andia makes clear its author's standing as one of the top men of modern Spanish letters and also explains why Hemingway calls himself Baroja's disciple. In this novel the hero, Shanti, is a Basque sea captain who tells his own story, noting: "A strange existence is mine, and that of other wanderers. During one long epoch, all is adventure, events; and then, in another, there is nothing but commentary on past events." The combination of violent action and desperate search for the meaning of action marks every Hemingway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Pursuit of Life | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

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