In Diamond Square
a virago modern classic
$31.19
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2014
Summary
In Diamond Square: A Barcelona Love Story Amidst War
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844087372 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844087379 |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Author: | Merce Rodoreda, Peter Bush |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm x 15mm |
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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
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 AthillAbout The Author
Merce Rodoreda
Merce Rodoreda is considered the most preeminent Catalan writer. She was born in 1908 in Barcelona. During the Spanish Civil War, she was exiled in France and later Switzerland.
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