Mercè Rodoreda

The Time of the Doves

Catalan novel chronicling a woman's life and loves through the Spanish Civil War

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Mercè Rodoreda
Mercè Rodoreda

Catalan author whose novel The Time of the Doves (La Plaça del Diamant) is one of the masterpieces of Catalan literature and one of the finest novels of the 20th century, a lyrical portrait of a woman's life through war and dictatorship.

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