{"product_id":"war-so-much-war-paperback","title":"War, So Much War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMercè Rodoreda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartha Tennent\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMaruxa Relaño\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured on Jeff VanderMeer's Epic List of Favorite Books Read in 2015\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodoreda had bedazzled me by the sensuality with which she reveals things within the atmosphere of her novels.--Gabriel Garc a Marquez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodoreda plumbs a sadness that reaches beyond historic circumstances . . . an almost voluptuous vulnerability.--Natasha Wimmer, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a total mystery to me why  Rodoreda] isn't widely worshipped; along with Willa Cather, she's on my list of authors whose works I intend to have read all of before I die. Tremendous, tremendous writer.--John Darnielle, The Mountain Goats\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite its title, there is little of war and much of the fantastic in this coming-of-age story, which was the last novel Merc  Rodoreda published during her lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe first meet its young protagonist, Adri  Guinart, as he is leaving Barcelona out of boredom and a thirst for freedom, embarking on a long journey through the backwaters of a rural land that one can only suppose is Catalonia, accompanied by the interminable, distant rumblings of an indefinable war. In vignette-like chapters and with a narrative style imbued with the fantastic, Guinart meets with numerous adventures and peculiar characters who offer him a composite, if surrealistic, view of an impoverished, war-ravaged society and shape his perception of his place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in Rodoreda's \u003ci\u003eDeath in Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, nature and death play an fundamental role in a narrative that often takes on a phantasmagoric quality and seems to be a meditation on the consequences of moral degradation and the inescapable presence of evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerc  Rodoreda \u003c\/b\u003e(1908-1983) is widely regarded as the most important Catalan writer of the twentieth century. Exiled in France and Switzerland following the Spanish Civil War, Rodoreda began writing the novels and short stories--\u003ci\u003eTwenty-Two Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Doves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCamellia Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarden by the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e--that would eventually make her internationally famous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaruxa Rela o\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and translator based in Barcelona. She has worked as a translator for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, a writer for NY1, and wrote articles for the New York Daily News, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, among other publications.\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\u003eMaruxa Relaño\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and translator based in Barcelona. She has worked as a translator for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, a writer for NY1, and wrote articles for the New York Daily News, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, among other publications.\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700460720191,"sku":"9781940953229","price":16.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/87195be22bafa10db10f22faabf2b93e.webp?v=1765016841","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/war-so-much-war-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}