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Books by Martha Tennent
  | | Blood Crime(Reprint) by Sebastia Alzamora, Maruxa Relano, Martha Tennent, Sebestia Alzamora Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2017 by Soho Crime ISBN-13: 978-1-61695-836-7, ISBN: 1-61695-836-7 "A multi-genre gothic novel of the horrific early days of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, perfect for fans of Roberto Bolano and Mario Vargas Llosa. "Startling... "Blood Crime" (beautifully translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relano and Martha Tennent) has a sort of concentrated power that's rare in horror novels. It's akin to poetry." --The New York Times Book Review It is 1936, and Barcelona burns as the Spanish Civil War takes o ..." |
 | | Death in Spring(Reprint) by Mercè Rodoreda, Martha Tennent Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2015 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-940953-28-1, ISBN: 1-940953-28-6 "Considered by many to be the grand achievement of her later period, Death in Spring is one of Mercè Rodoreda's most complex and beautifully constructed works. The novel tells the story of the bizarre and destructive customs of a nameless town—burying the dead in trees after filling their mouths with cement to prevent their soul from escaping, or sending a man to swim in the river that courses underneath the town to discover if they will ..." |
 | | Waltz (Catalan Literature) by Francesc Trabal, Martha Tennent Paperback, 270 Pages, Published 2013 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-877-1, ISBN: 1-56478-877-6 "First published in 1936, and considered one of the most groundbreaking and significant novels written in Catalan, "Waltz" tells the tale of an idle, introspective, and somewhat oblivious young "man without qualities" as he stumbles through a milieu of civic upheaval and bourgeois tragedy, waltzing from one prospective bride to another, never willing to compromise his ideals, and so never quite becoming an adult. With one foot in the rom ..." |
 | | War, So Much War by Mercè Rodoreda, Martha Tennent, Maruxa Relaño Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2015 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-940953-22-9, ISBN: 1-940953-22-7 "Featured on Jeff VanderMeer's "Epic List of Favorite Books Read in 2015""Rodoreda had bedazzled me by the sensuality with which she reveals things within the atmosphere of her novels."—Gabriel García Marquez"Rodoreda plumbs a sadness that reaches beyond historic circumstances . . . an almost voluptuous vulnerability."—Natasha Wimmer, The Nation"It is a total mystery to me why [Rodoreda] isn't widely worshipped; along with Willa Cather, ..." |
 | | The Siege in the Room Siege in the Room: Three Novellas (Catalan Literature) by Miquel Bauca, Martha Tennent Paperback, 149 Pages, Published 2012 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-770-5, ISBN: 1-56478-770-2 "This volume brings together three short novels by Catalan literature's great maverick and recluse, each depicting a brutal, abstract world where words are the only reality -- shifting between the erudite, the archaic, and the vulgar. Carrer Marsala, which won prizes from the City of Barcelona and the Generalitat de Catalunya -- neither of which Bauçà bothered to accept -- is a relentless monologue delivered by a paranoid hypochondriac ..." |
 | | The Selected Stories of Mercè Rodoreda(1st Edition) by Merce Rodoreda, Martha Tennent Paperback, 255 Pages, Published 2011 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-934824-31-3, ISBN: 1-934824-31-3 ""The humor in the stories, as well as their thrill of realism, comes from a Nabokovian precision of observation and transformation of plain experience into enchanting prose."—Los Angeles TimesCollected here are thirty-one of Mercè Rodoreda's most moving and challenging stories, presented in chronological order of their publication from three of Rodoreda's most beloved short story collections: Twenty-Two Stories, It Seemed Like Silk and ..." |
 | | Garden by the Sea by Mercè Rodoreda, Martha Tennent Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 2020 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-948830-08-9, ISBN: 1-948830-08-6 "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 ..." |
 | | Death in Spring(1st Edition) by Merce' Rodoreda, Martha Tennent Hardcover, 150 Pages, Published 2009 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-934824-11-5, ISBN: 1-934824-11-9 "Considered by many to be the grand achievement of her later period, Death in Spring is one of Mercè Rodoreda's most complex and beautifully constructed works. The novel tells the story of the bizarre and destructive customs of a nameless town—burying the dead in trees after filling their mouths with cement to prevent their soul from escaping, or sending a man to swim in the river that courses underneath the town to discover if they will ..." |
 | | Blood Crime by Sebastia Alzamora, Martha Tennent, Maruxa Relano Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Soho Crime ISBN-13: 978-1-61695-628-8, ISBN: 1-61695-628-3 "A multi-genre gothic novel of the horrific early days of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, perfect for fans of Roberto Bolano and Mario Vargas Llosa. "Startling... "Blood Crime" (beautifully translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relano and Martha Tennent) has a sort of concentrated power that's rare in horror novels. It's akin to poetry." --The New York Times Book Review It is 1936, and Barcelona burns as the Spanish Civil War takes o ..." |
 | | Death in Spring(1st Edition) (Penguin European Writers) by Mercè Rodoreda, Martha Tennent, Colm Tóibín, Mercãƒâ¨ Rodoreda Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2018 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-241-35254-0, ISBN: 0-241-35254-1 "'Soaringly beautiful, urgent and disturbing... A masterpiece.' Colm Tóibín, from the introductionDeath in Spring is a dark and dream-like tale of a teenage boy's coming of age in a remote village in the Catalan mountains; a place cut off from the outside world, where cruel customs are blindly followed, and attempts at rebellion swiftly crushed. When his father dies, he must navigate this oppressive society alone, and learn how to live i ..." |
 | | The Siege in the Room Three Novellas (Catalan Literature) by Miquel Bauca, Martha Tennent Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2012 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-731-6, ISBN: 1-56478-731-1 "This volume brings together three short novels by Catalan literature's great maverick and recluse, each depicting a brutal, abstract world where words are the only reality--shifting between the erudite, the archaic, and the vulgar. "Carrer Marsala," which won prizes from the City of Barcelona and the Generalitat de Catalunya--neither of which Bau bothered to accept--is a relentless monologue delivered by a paranoid hypochondriac obsesse ..." |
 | | The Violin of Auschwitz(Reprint) A Novel by Maria Angels Anglada, Martha Tennent Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Bantam Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-553-80778-3, ISBN: 0-553-80778-1 "An international sensation now available in English for the first time, The Violin of Auschwitz is the unforgettable story of one man’s refusal to surrender his dignity in the face of history’s greatest atrocity.In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a marvelously pitched violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by her instrument. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals the remarka ..." |
 | | Invisible City by Emili Rosales, Martha Tennent Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2012 by Alma Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84688-090-2, ISBN: 1-84688-090-4 "A literary thriller about a contemporary gallery owner plunged into a fascinating extinct world Emili Rossell, the young owner of one of Barcelona's top galleries, receives an old manuscript written by an Italian architect about the "Invisible City"—an ambitious project dreamed up by King Charles III to build an alternative capital city in the Ebro delta. The manuscript contains hints about a lost masterpiece by the Venetian painter Tie ..." |
 | | The Sea (Catalan Literature Series) by Blai Bonet, Maruxa Relano, Martha Tennent Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 2015 by Dalkey Archive Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-143-7, ISBN: 1-56478-143-7 "A profoundly touching contribution to the tradition of the metaphysical novel as exemplified by Dostoyevsky and Bernanos, and likewise a worthy counter -- part to the vibrant and polyphonic work of fellow Iberians Camilo José Cela and Juan Goytisolo -- T he Sea is a cornerstone of postwar Catalan literature. Set in a tubercular sanatorium in Mallorca after the Spanish Civil War, it tells the story of three children sharing a gruesome se ..." |
 | | Auschwitz Violin(1st Edition) by Maria Angels Anglada, Martha Tennent, Martha Maria Angels, Tennent Anglada Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2011 by Corsair International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-84901-981-1, ISBN: 1-84901-981-9 "In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a marvelously pitched violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by her instrument. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals the remarkable story behind its origin. . . . Imprisoned at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Treasured memories of the young woman he loved and the prayers that once ling ..." |
 | | The Auschwitz Violin(1st Edition) by Maria Angels Anglada, Martha Tennent Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2010 by Robinson Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84901-643-8, ISBN: 1-84901-643-7 "In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a marvellously pitched violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by her instrument. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals the remarkable story behind its origin...Imprisoned at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Treasured memories of the young woman he loved and the prayers that once lingered ..." |
 | | The Violin of Auschwitz A Novel by Maria Angels Anglada, David Colacci, Martha Tennent Cd, Published 2014 by Brilliance Audio Audiolivro, Mp3 Audio ISBN-13: 978-1-4915-0394-2, ISBN: 1-4915-0394-7 "In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a marvelously pitched violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by her instrument. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals the remarkable story behind its origin . Imprisoned at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Treasured memories of the young woman he loved and the prayers that once lingered ..." |
 | | The Violin of Auschwitz A Novel, Library Edition by Maria Angels Anglada, David Colacci, Martha Tennent Cd, Published 2010 by Brilliance Audio Audiobook ISBN-13: 978-1-4418-5835-1, ISBN: 1-4418-5835-0 |
 | | Training for the New Millennium Pedagogies for translation and interpreting (Benjamins Translation Library) by Martha Tennent Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2005 by John Benjamins Publishing Company ISBN-13: 978-1-58811-609-3, ISBN: 1-58811-609-3 "Originating at an international forum held at the University of Vic (Spain), the twelve essays collected here attest to important changes in translation practice and the assumptions which underpin them. Leading theorists respond to the state of Translation Studies today, particularly the epistemological dilemma between theories that are empirically oriented and those that are inspired by developments in Cultural Studies. But the volume ..." |
 | | Auschwitz Violin, The by Maria Angels Anglada, Martha Tennent Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2011 by Corsair, Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-921758-87-4, ISBN: 1-921758-87-2 "When he asks how she obtained it, she reveals the remarkable story behind its origin. Imprisoned at Auschwitz, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Treasured memories of the young woman he loved become hazier with each passing day." |
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