The selected stories of Mercè Rodoreda
By: translated from the Catalan by Martha Tennent
Contributors: Tennent, Martha, translator
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781934824313
Subjects: Short stories
Work titles: Short stories
Description: Contains thirty short fiction stories selected from three previously published collections in which Mercè Rodoreda explores the lives of women stuck between modernity and tradition.
Table of contents: title: Blood; title: Threaded needle; title: Summer; title: Guinea fowls; title: The mirror; title: Happiness; title: Afternoon at the cinema; title: Ice cream; title: Carnival; title: Engaged; title: In a whisper; title: Departure; title: Friday, June 8; title: The beginning; title: Nocturnal; title: The red blouse; title: The fate of Lisa Sperling; title: The bath; title: On the train; title: Before I die; title: Ada Liz; title: On a dark night; title: Night and fog; title: Orléans, three kilometers; title: The thousand franc bill; title: Paralysis; title: It seemed like silk; title: The Salamander; title: Love; title: White geranium.