{"product_id":"camellia-street-paperback","title":"Camellia Street - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMercè Rodoreda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Rosenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSandra Cisneros\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA major work from Merc  Rodoreda's early, realistic period, \u003ci\u003eCamellia Street\u003c\/i\u003e is set in war-torn Barcelona of the 1940s and 50s and tells the story of Cecilia, who, abandoned as an infant, ends up fleeing her adoptive family in favor of a more unsettled life of fire-setting, poverty, one abusive man after another, prostitution, and, eventually, a tenuous note of rebirth. Building on the themes of \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Doves\u003c\/i\u003e, Rodoreda uses Cecilia's difficult life to explore the strength of one woman in the face of male brutality. A classic work of feminist fiction that's as charged today as when it was first published in Catalan back in 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMercè Rodoreda\u003c\/b\u003e is widely regarded as the most important Catalan writer of the twentieth century. Exiled to France during the Spanish Civil War, and only able to return to Catalonia in the mid-1960s, she wrote a number of highly praised works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Doves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath in Spring.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rosenthal\u003c\/b\u003e wrote mostly about jazz music and was one of the most influential translators of Catalan in the twentieth century. Along with a number of the works of Mercè Rodoreda, he translated \u003ci\u003eTirant Lo Blanch\u003c\/i\u003e, a book Cervantes believed was one of the best ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSandra Cisneros\u003c\/b\u003e is a Mexican-American writer of more than ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe House on Mango Street.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769854001440,"sku":"9781940953861","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3802b1d913b2665471b591c488c40845.webp?v=1780358341","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/camellia-street-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}