"Rice and Tartan" is a chronicle novel written by the outstanding Spanish writer Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez. In this book, the author tells the story of the life of simple fishermen from a small seaside town in the east of Spain. The main character, a young girl Mariga, faces various trials and obstacles on her way to happiness. The writer successfully reproduces the color and images of deep sea reality, revealing to the reader the complex relationship between peasant life and sea work. "Rice and Tartan" is a fascinating book that immerses us in the atmosphere of the sea life of Spain and reveals to us the viennese of ordinary people who are endowed with the richness of the soul and inner strength.