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I heard Miriam Katin speak during theSingapore Writers Festival last year and was absolutely riveted. Her memoir of survival during WWII along with her beautiful mother, and her crisis of faith as a child and as an adult makes this a compelling read. For our #LiteraturaEuropa reading theme til end of August.

A beautiful book. Set in Barcelona, this is the story of Pidgey, her marriage to Joe and her daily struggles to survive in the civil war. Told in a dreamlike prose, which is not normally my style, but its raw beauty, the urgency of the story and the characters won me over. A wonderful evocation of 1930s Barcelona but Pidgey's quiet strength & the trauma of war have a timeless quality. Very moving. I loved this & will read more of Rodoreda's work.