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Highlights
- In its moment of great splendor the novel was held as a mirror of society: Mercè Rodoreda shatters that mirror in this, her most ambitious novel, which tells its story in brilliant fragments, a vision reflected and refracted and finally coming together in a richly articulated mosaic of life.
- About the Author: Mercè Rodoreda (1908-1983) has emerged as perhaps the most important fiction writer of the twentieth century in Catalan literature and is one of the most interesting writers of the contemporary Spanish literary world.
- 226 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
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Book Synopsis
In its moment of great splendor the novel was held as a mirror of society: Mercè Rodoreda shatters that mirror in this, her most ambitious novel, which tells its story in brilliant fragments, a vision reflected and refracted and finally coming together in a richly articulated mosaic of life. Through this Broken Mirror, the reader sees events and characters spanning three generations and composing a kaleidoscopic family history ranging over six decades and turning upon events both intimate and historic--most notably the Spanish Civil War.Opening with Teresa Goday, the lovely young fishmonger's daughter married to a wealthy old man, the story shifts from one perspective to another, reflecting from myriad angles the founding of a matriarchal dynasty--and its eventual, seemingly inevitable disintegration. A family saga extending from the prosperous Barcelona of the 1870s to the advent of the Franco dictatorship, A Broken Mirror is finally also a novel about the inexorable passing of time.
Review Quotes
"Most captivating is how [Rodoreda] reveals the inner life of her characters precisely and unsentimentally, often merely with a well-turned sentence. The prose is rich, almost lush, but it is also impersonal, without artificial or romanticized descriptions of an ideal past or a lost future. Rodoreda is also perfectly attuned to the differences in each narrative voice. . . . [A] beautifully muted and intricate rendering of the aristocracy of Barcelona."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)-- (2/1/2006 12:00:00 AM)
About the Author
Mercè Rodoreda (1908-1983) has emerged as perhaps the most important fiction writer of the twentieth century in Catalan literature and is one of the most interesting writers of the contemporary Spanish literary world. She is primarily known in this country for her novel The Time of the Doves, published in English translation. Josep Miquel Sobrer is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University. The editor of Catalan Review, he has also edited and translated an anthology of Catalan texts, Catalonia: A Self-Portrait.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x .51 Inches (D)
Weight: .62 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 226
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: Bison Books
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Merce Rodoreda
Language: English
Street Date: April 1, 2006
TCIN: 88977778
UPC: 9780803290075
Item Number (DPCI): 247-57-0615
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.51 inches length x 5.7 inches width x 8.5 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.62 pounds
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