Maria-Mercè Marçal is an iconic figure in feminist Catalan writing. Her collection Bruixa de dol was published in 1979 amidst the most turbulent, intense, yet exciting period in the twentieth century history of Spain. This collection is now available in its entirety to English readers for the first time.
Witch in Mourning / Bruixa de dol
Poems in Catalan
Translated by Clyde Moneyhun
With an introduction by Noèlia Díaz Vicedo
£12.00
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We invent for tomorrow, with ashes of our madness,
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