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dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
'Death in Spring' by Merce Rodoreda is a short fabulist novel that details the life of a man in a strange village. The village tacks its dead into trees and sends a man each year to swim through the river that runs underneath the town. This is very much a story about the town told through the eyes of one of its residents.
This is a very strange story and I often felt distanced from it while reading. This may be because it is told in a stream of consciousness way that often feels overwhelming. Despite feeling like there was a lot being said, the plot itself felt sparse and kind of meandering.
I wonder if a lot was lost in translation and that the fabulist elements do much more in the original work. There was some beautiful use of imagery but I felt that the overall arc of the story was a bit confusing.
This is a very strange story and I often felt distanced from it while reading. This may be because it is told in a stream of consciousness way that often feels overwhelming. Despite feeling like there was a lot being said, the plot itself felt sparse and kind of meandering.
I wonder if a lot was lost in translation and that the fabulist elements do much more in the original work. There was some beautiful use of imagery but I felt that the overall arc of the story was a bit confusing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death, and Bullying
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