Garden by the sea / Mercè Rodoreda ; translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relaño and Martha Tennet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodoreda, Mercè, 1908-1983, author.

Contributor:

Relaño, Maruxa, translator.

Tennent, Martha, translator.

Standardized Title:

Jardí vora el mar. English

Language:

Catalan

English

Subjects (All):

Gardeners--Fiction.

Gardeners.

Suburban homes.

Suburban homes--Fiction.

Spain--Fiction.

Spain.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

203 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Open Letter edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2020.

Summary:

The novel that defined Mercè Rodoreda's most prolific period is finally available in English for the first time. Set in 1920s Spain, Garden by the Sea takes place over six summers at a villa by the sea inhabited by a young couple and their beautiful, rich, joyous friends. They swim, drink, tease each other, and fully enjoy themselves. All the while, the guests are observed by the villa's gardener, a widower who's been tending the garden for several decades. As the true protagonist of the novel, we get to see the dissolution of these magical summers through his eyes, as a sense of darkness and ending creeps in, precipitated by the construction of a new, larger, more glamorous villa next door.

ISBN:

9781948830089

1948830086

OCLC:

1111639155