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In Diamond Square - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
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In Diamond Square - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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'A small masterpiece' Colm Toibin, Daily Telegraph 'I don't know
how many times I have reread the book, including several times in
Catalan, with such effort that speaks volumes to my devotion to the
novel' Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'The fierce beauty of Rodoreda's
writing makes it one of the masterpieces of modern European
literature' Independent First published in 1962 as 'La Placa del
Diamant', this is considered the most important Catalan novel of
all time. This is a new English translation. It has previously been
published in English as The Time of the Doves. Barcelona, early
1930s: Natalia, a pretty shop-girl from the working-class quarter
of Gracia, is hesitant when a stranger asks her to dance at the
fiesta in Diamond Square. But Joe is charming and forceful, and she
takes his hand. They marry and soon have two children; for Natalia
it is an awakening, both good and bad. When Joe decides to breed
pigeons, the birds delight his son and daughter - and infuriate his
wife. Then the Spanish Civil War erupts, and lays waste to the city
and to their simple existence. Natalia remains in Barcelona,
struggling to feed her family, while Joe goes to fight the
fascists, and one by one his beloved birds fly away. A highly
acclaimed classic that has been translated into more twenty-eight
languages, In Diamond Square is the moving, vivid and powerful
story of a woman caught up in a convulsive period of history. 'An
extremely moving love story translated from the Catalan, which
reveals much about the Spanish civil war as ordinary, non-political
people had to live it' Diana Athill 'Go along with Natalia on her
night out and you'll soon find you'd follow her anywhere.
Rodoreda's writing pays such fierce and tender attention to the
experience of being alive, and the tempest that ordinary life can
be' Helen Oyeyemi
General
Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Virago Modern Classics |
Release date: |
March 2014 |
Authors: |
Merce Rodoreda
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Translators: |
Peter Bush
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Dimensions: |
197 x 126 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
206 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84408-737-2 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
Catalan
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-84408-737-9 |
Barcode: |
9781844087372 |
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