{"product_id":"the-selected-stories-of-merce-rodoreda-paperback","title":"The Selected Stories of Mercè Rodoreda - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMercè Rodoreda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartha Tennent\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The humor in the stories, as well as their thrill of realism, comes from a Nabokovian precision of observation and transformation of plain experience into enchanting prose.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected here are thirty-one of Mercè Rodoreda's most moving and challenging stories, presented in chronological order of their publication from three of Rodoreda's most beloved short story collections: \u003ci\u003eTwenty-Two Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Seemed Like Silk and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Christina and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. These stories capture Rodoreda's full range of expression, from quiet literary realism to fragmentary impressionism to dark symbolism. Few writers have captured so clearly, or explored so deeply, the lives of women who are stuck somewhere between senseless modernity and suffocating tradition--Rodoreda's \"women are notable for their almost pathological lack of volition, but also for their acute sensitivity, a nearly painful awareness of beauty\" (Natasha Wimmer).\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\u003eMartha Tennent\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the U.S, but has lived most of her life in Barcelona where she served as founding dean of the School of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Vic. She translates from Spanish and Catalan, and received an NEA Translation Fellowship for her work on Rodoreda.\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\u003eMartha Tennent\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the U.S, but has lived most of her life in Barcelona where she served as founding dean of the School of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Vic. She translates from Spanish and Catalan, and received an NEA Translation Fellowship for her work on Rodoreda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 255\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.49 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769940705568,"sku":"9781934824313","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e41faf98c0ab69470486fd685615e0df.webp?v=1780360370","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-selected-stories-of-merce-rodoreda-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}