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La Mort I La Primavera (1997)

by Mercè Rodoreda(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8492321105 (ISBN13: 9788492321100)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Fundació Mercè Rodoreda

review 1: Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. This is the most unusual, twisted, dark, haunting piece of magical realism I've ever read. Or fictional symbolism as I read somewhere? I have no idea how to rate the book, it's so different from anything I've read and like reading, I have to chew on it for a while longer. It's definitely not my cup of tea, but Rodoreda's prose is truly beautiful, even in (English) translation.
review 2: Gosh that was weird. People getting buried in trees, their bodies filled with cement to prevent the soul from escaping, pregnant women made to wear blindfolds, a prisoner neighing like a horse. Supposedly a metaphor for Franco's Spain, can't say i know enough about that, it could also be read as a metaphor for puberty, all that death and wisteria. Seems l... moreike Rodoreda had some kind of deep rooted connection to the psychological and symbolic nature of fear and cruelty, as i guess most folk tales seem to. It is a beautiful and terrible place, sometimes impenetrable, maybe at times it revels in its own stink a bit, but how wonderful of Open Letter to make it available to us little non-Catalan speaking readers. Lucky us. less

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