Camellia Street - Paperback

Name: Camellia Street
Brand: Open Letter
SKU: 9781940953861
Price: 10.99 USD
Availability: InStock

by Mercè Rodoreda

$10.99

$14.95

-26%

Quantity

01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Mercè Rodoreda, David Rosenthal (Translator), Sandra Cisneros (Foreword by)Publish date:2018-11-20Pages:186

Language:EnglishPublisher:Open LetterISBN-13:9781940953861ISBN-10:1940953863UPC:9781940953861Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Women, PsychologicalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC200NXYW5

A major work from Merc Rodoreda's early, realistic period, Camellia Street is set in war-torn Barcelona of the 1940s and 50s and tells the story of Cecilia, who, abandoned as an infant, ends up fleeing her adoptive family in favor of a more unsettled life of fire-setting, poverty, one abusive man after another, prostitution, and, eventually, a tenuous note of rebirth. Building on the themes of The Time of the Doves, Rodoreda uses Cecilia's difficult life to explore the strength of one woman in the face of male brutality. A classic work of feminist fiction that's as charged today as when it was first published in Catalan back in 1966.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Open LetterISBN-13:9781940953861ISBN-10:1940953863UPC:9781940953861Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Women, PsychologicalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC200NXYW5

Mercè Rodoreda 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 The Time of the Doves and Death in Spring.

David Rosenthal wrote mostly about jazz music and was one of the most influential translators of Catalan in the twentieth century. Along with a number of the works of Mercè Rodoreda, he translated Tirant Lo Blanch, a book Cervantes believed was one of the best ever.

Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American writer of more than ten books, including The House on Mango Street.

Publisher: Open Letter

Contributor(s)

Mercè Rodoreda, David Rosenthal (Translator), Sandra Cisneros (Foreword by)

Author

Mercè Rodoreda

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

A major work from Merc Rodoreda's early, realistic period, Camellia Street is set in war-torn Barcelona of the 1940s and 50s and tells the story of Cecilia, who, abandoned as an infant, ends up fleeing her adoptive family in favor of a more unsettled life of fire-setting, poverty, one abusive man after another, prostitution, and, eventually, a tenuous note of rebirth. Building on the themes of The Time of the Doves, Rodoreda uses Cecilia's difficult life to explore the strength of one woman in the face of male brutality. A classic work of feminist fiction that's as charged today as when it was first published in Catalan back in 1966.

Mercè Rodoreda 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 The Time of the Doves and Death in Spring.

David Rosenthal wrote mostly about jazz music and was one of the most influential translators of Catalan in the twentieth century. Along with a number of the works of Mercè Rodoreda, he translated Tirant Lo Blanch, a book Cervantes believed was one of the best ever.

Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American writer of more than ten books, including The House on Mango Street.

Publisher: Open Letter

Contributor(s)

Mercè Rodoreda, David Rosenthal (Translator), Sandra Cisneros (Foreword by)

Author

Mercè Rodoreda

Camellia Street - Paperback

Highlights

Specifications

About this item

Ratings & Reviews

Specifications

About the Author

About the Publisher

Credits

Shipping & Return

Recently Viewed

Get Help

Explore