{"product_id":"a-broken-mirror-paperback","title":"A Broken Mirror - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn its moment of great splendor the novel was held as a mirror of society: Mercè Rodoreda shatters that mirror in this, her most ambitious novel, which tells its story in brilliant fragments, a vision reflected and refracted and finally coming together in a richly articulated mosaic of life. Through this \u003ci\u003eBroken Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader sees events and characters spanning three generations and composing a kaleidoscopic family history ranging over six decades and turning upon events both intimate and historic--most notably the Spanish Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening with Teresa Goday, the lovely young fishmonger's daughter married to a wealthy old man, the story shifts from one perspective to another, reflecting from myriad angles the founding of a matriarchal dynasty--and its eventual, seemingly inevitable disintegration. A family saga extending from the prosperous Barcelona of the 1870s to the advent of the Franco dictatorship, \u003ci\u003eA Broken Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is finally also a novel about the inexorable passing of time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370093838559,"sku":"9780803290075","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0NE7bNV4hO9780803290075.webp?v=1789150344","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/a-broken-mirror-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}