In diamond square
Edición de la obra In diamond square
| Autor | Mercè Rodoreda |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Virago |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013 |
| Lugar | London |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 206 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781844088959, 9781844089253, 9781405518734 |
| ISBN-10 | 1844088952, 1844089258, 1405518731 |
| OCLC | 819521109 |
| LCCN | 2013414564 |
| Número de Cutter | R695i |
Natalia, a pretty shop girl from the working-class quarter of Gracia, is hesitant when a stranger asks her to dance at the fiesta in Diamond Square. But Joe is charming and forceful, and she takes his hand. They marry and soon have two children; for Natalia it is an awakening, both good and bad. When Joe decides to breed pigeons, the birds delight his son and daughter - and infuriate his wife. Then the Spanish Civil War erupts; Natalia remains in Barcelona, struggling to feed her family, while Joe goes to fight the fascists, and one by one his beloved birds fly away...