{"product_id":"a-broken-mirror","title":"A Broken Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn its moment of great splendour the novel was held as a mirror of society: Merce 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 \"Broken Mirror,\" 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. Opening 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, \"A Broken Mirror\" is finally also a novel about the inexorable passing of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Daunt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781907970887\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £4.03","offer_id":47919002910897,"sku":"SB-1907970886-C4","price":4.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1907970886.jpg?v=1789694585","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-broken-mirror","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}