{"product_id":"9781940953281","title":"Death in Spring","description":"Author: Merce Rodoreda\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781940953281\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Open Letter\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Sep 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 150\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered by many to be the grand achievement of her later period, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Spring\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Merce Rodoreda's most complex and beautifully constructed works. The novel tells the story of the bizarre and destructive customs of a nameless town-burying the dead in trees after filling their mouths with cement to prevent their soul from escaping, or sending a man to swim in the river that courses underneath the town to discover if they will be washed away by a flood-through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old boy who must come to terms with the rhyme and reason of this ritual violence, and with his wild, child-like, and teenage stepmother, who becomes his playmate. It is through these rituals, and the developing relationships between the boy and the townspeople, that Rodoreda portrays a fully-articulated, though quite disturbing, society. The horrific rituals, however, stand in stark contrast to the novel's stunningly poetic language and lush descriptions. Written over a period of twenty years-after Rodoreda was forced into exile following the Spanish Civil War-\u003ci\u003eDeath in Spring\u003c\/i\u003e is musical and rhythmic, and truly the work of a writer at the height of her powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerce 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","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46688057622686,"sku":"ADS-9781940953281","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781940953281.jpg?v=1775631469","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781940953281","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}