{"product_id":"camellia-street-9781940953861","title":"Camellia Street","description":"A major work from Merc  Rodoreda's early, realistic period, \u003ci\u003eCamellia Street\u003c\/i\u003e is set in war-torn Barcelona of the 1940s and 50s and tells the story of Cecilia, who, abandoned as an infant, ends up fleeing her adoptive family in favor of a more unsettled life of fire-setting, poverty, one abusive man after another, prostitution, and, eventually, a tenuous note of rebirth. Building on the themes of \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Doves\u003c\/i\u003e, Rodoreda uses Cecilia's difficult life to explore the strength of one woman in the face of male brutality. A classic work of feminist fiction that's as charged today as when it was first published in Catalan back in 1966.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMercè Rodoreda\u003c\/b\u003e is widely regarded as the most important Catalan writer of the twentieth century. Exiled to France during the Spanish Civil War, and only able to return to Catalonia in the mid-1960s, she wrote a number of highly praised works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Time of the Doves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath in Spring.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rosenthal\u003c\/b\u003e wrote mostly about jazz music and was one of the most influential translators of Catalan in the twentieth century. Along with a number of the works of Mercè Rodoreda, he translated \u003ci\u003eTirant Lo Blanch\u003c\/i\u003e, a book Cervantes believed was one of the best ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSandra Cisneros\u003c\/b\u003e is a Mexican-American writer of more than ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe House on Mango Street.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365856121106,"sku":"9781940953861","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5daf0a0-7a9d-466a-a353-93268776a7e0.jpg?v=1728465209","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/camellia-street-9781940953861","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}