Too many books, too many concerts, too many films, too many performances, too many art exhbits, too many choices in life. Daunting but beautiful additions to us fortunate souls that can explore the arts. I am an habitual list maker, probably started in the womb! Lists include books I have read and I pick from those books to share in too infrequent blog posts.
We depart shortly for a tour of Spain and Portugal trying to wade through a plethora of readings, films, and more in preparation. A book of note; The Time of the Doves by Merce Rodoreda born in Barcelona in 1909 and died in April 13, 1983, Girona, Spain. Copyright in 1980 with the first paperback edition in 1986 and now updated by arrangement with Taplinger Publishing co.,Inc. (NYC) How fateful that I walked into our wonderful Rochester Public Librarie’s historic downtown facility and there on the we recommend rack sat the paperback edition newly re published by Graywolf Press (Minneapolis, Minn).
I read it with astonishment with amazement, with sadness and tears and great respect for this innovative author. The story is told in first person, in a surreal, fetching and unique voice by this author. The story covers the Spanish Civil War years just prior to and during ww2. It confronts the soul, the tale of a survivor, conveying the convulsive era of the time, the depths of relationships, loss, motherhood, tragedy, comedy, bewilderment for the reader as well as of the protagonist. It is visual and will not go out of your mind as you select the next book(s) written by Merce Rodoreda. It was made into a film which I will seek and hopefully view. Prepare yourself for a wild and tremendously large read.
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