by Mercè Rodoreda · Edhasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435001281
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«La plaza del diamante» is the novel by Mercè Rodoreda, published by Edhasa in paperback (241 pages, in Spanish).
The novel tells the life of Natalia, «Colometa», a humble woman from Barcelona, from the dances at Plaça del Diamant to the Civil War and the postwar period. Through her marriage, her motherhood and her daily struggle to get by, Rodoreda composes an intimate portrait of working-class Barcelona and of a way of life that is dying out.
Originally written in Catalan in 1962 as «La plaça del Diamant», this Spanish edition is translated by Enrique Sordo and is part of Edhasa's Narrativas Contemporáneas collection.
For readers of classic novels and Catalan literature, and for those seeking stories set in historical Barcelona.
Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí was a Catalan novelist, who wrote in the Catalan language.
