Rodoreda, Merc,̈ 1908-1983.
In Diamond Square by Merc ̈Rodoreda ; translated from Catalan by Peter Bush. - London : Virago, 2013. - xiii, 206 pages ; 24 cm
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.
Translated from the Catalan.
9781844088959 (hbk.) 1844088952 (hbk.) 9781844089253 (pbk.) 1844089258 (pbk.)
2013414564
GBB2B7682 bnb
016215659 Uk
Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Fiction.
PC3941.R57 / P513 2013
849.936
In Diamond Square by Merc ̈Rodoreda ; translated from Catalan by Peter Bush. - London : Virago, 2013. - xiii, 206 pages ; 24 cm
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.
Translated from the Catalan.
9781844088959 (hbk.) 1844088952 (hbk.) 9781844089253 (pbk.) 1844089258 (pbk.)
2013414564
GBB2B7682 bnb
016215659 Uk
Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Fiction.
PC3941.R57 / P513 2013
849.936