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Death in Spring

byMercé Rodoreda

Genres: Fiction

Who is this book for? Readers interested in literary fiction that explores deep themes of power and individuality.

Topics PowerExileHopeIndependence
MoodDark, Melancholic
ViolenceMild
'Soaringly beautiful, urgent and disturbing... A masterpiece.' Colm Tóibín, from the introduction 'Dark and beautiful and brilliant' Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall Death in Spring is a dark and dream-like tale of a teenage boy's coming of age in a remote village in the Catalan mountains; a place cut off from the outside world, where cruel customs are blindly followed, and attempts at rebellion swiftly crushed. When his father dies, he must navigate this oppressive society alone, and learn how to live in a place of crippling conformity. Often seen as an allegory for life under a dictatorship, Death in Spring is a bewitching and unsettling novel about power, exile, and the hope that comes from even the smallest gestures of independence. 'Rodoreda has bedazzled me' Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'Rodoreda's artistry is of the highest order' Diana Athill 'Read it for its beauty, for the way it will surprise and subvert your desires, and as a testament to the human spirit in the face of brutality and willful inhumanity.' Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing 'Utterly extraordinary' Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond

Language

en

Published on

05/04/2018

Pages

150

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780241352540

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