IN DIAMOND SQUARE

In Diamond Square, first published in 1962, is the most acclaimed Catalan novel of the twentieth century. It has been translated int o over twenty languages, but it is not well known in the English-speaking world. This month, we publish a new translation in paperba ck, and I urge you to discover it. What makes In Diamond Square unique is that, although it is set during the Spanish Civil War, it is told from the perspective of a young, working-class woman. When Natalias husband goes to fight, she is left in Barcelona, strugg ling to fe...[Llegir més]