Death in Spring
Considered by many to be the grand achievement of her later period, Death in Spring is one of Mercè Rodoreda''s most complex and beautifully constructed works. The novel tells the story of the bizarre and destructive customs of a nameless town—burying the dead in trees after filling their mouths with cement to prevent their soul from escaping, or sending a man to swim in the river that courses und...
Considered by many to be the grand achievement of her later period, Death in Spring is one of Mercè Rodoreda''s most complex and beautifully constructed works. The novel tells the story of the bizarre and destructive customs of a nameless town—burying the dead in trees after filling their mouths with cement to prevent their soul from escaping, or sending a man to swim in the river that courses und...
