Many stories of Galician society are linked, fortunately or unfortunately, to emigration. Lonxe: Diary of a Volunteer is one such story.
Throughout history, the different waves of Galician emigration have happened in different ways: twenty days by boat glued to a trunk that carried little more than clothes and food for the trip, long train journeys across borders, loaded cars that only rested to refuel. .. One of these recent emigration stories is the one in Lonxe: A Diary of a Volunteer.
Lonxe: Diary of a Volunteer recounts the 33 weeks of a European Voluntary Service (EVS) volunteer, now renamed the European Volunteer Corps, lived in the Netherlands. All the trips, all the people and shared experiences to demonstrate everything you learn when you step out of your comfort zone. It also reflects on Galicia and other European countries compared to Spain, stereotypes and other issues and concerns of the age.
Where to find Lonxe: A Diary of a Volunteer
The book Lonxe: Diary of a Volunteer can be found in Spanish and Galician in physical and digital format on the Amazon platform. You can also find Lonxe: Diary of a Volunteer in some bookstores, contact us to find out which ones by clicking here.
In our Books section you can see other titles by N. Carreira Fiúza.
More about Galician emigration
The change in the trend of Latin American countries that belonged to the Spanish Empire until the 19th century is causing a generational return of the children of Galician emigrants, we can see a case in Venezuelan longing: The generational return from Venezuela to Galicia.
One of the evidences of the importance of emigration is the distribution of Galician centers around the world. The Galician diaspora has founded Galician centers on almost every continent, so we have Galician centers in many countries of Europa, América do Sur, North America, Africa and Oceania
On this particular topic, you can read some reflections in About emigration and repetition
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