The Year of the Flood

A fresh young nun, Consuelo is appointed Mother Superior to a convent in 1950s Catalonia. Sister Consuelo finds that she must plead with Augusto, the local landowner, for support to convert a hospital run by the nuns to a home for the elderly. Through a whole season of heavy rains she revisits Augusto and yields to a passionate love affair. Torn by inner conflict, she resolves to end the affair; but there is an unexpected twist. Nick Caistor has translated a fevered, atmospheric, and sensational tale.