Category: Translation ·· Catalan
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Barings // Bearings: An Anthology of Women’s Writing in Catalan
Meg Berkobien & María Cristina Hall :: Over forty years ago, in the midst of the democratic transition following the death of dictator Francisco Franco, author and activist Montserrat Roig contemplated her duties as an “ésser civic” in a moment of intense cultural and political change: Escriure en català és una afirmació de supervivència, i…
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“Letters”
Joan Todó; Meg Berkobien :: You’ll follow her into the unkempt garden with its overgrown grass and weeds, the weeping willow twisted into one big tangle, the palm trees drooping, the empty pool filled with brackish tree buds, and you’ll enter the house, the grand entrance hall, moving through hallways while the old woman mutters,…
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“Death by Dying”
Jenn Díaz; Meg Berkobien :: War happens to children, too, even though they don’t go off to fight. That’s what my brother knew because he’s older, but that’s not all, he’s also smarter, and I know that because it’s what my mother always says, and it seems like she hardly loves me at all, because…
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“The Port”
Llucia Ramis; Megan Berkobien :: I remember a hedgehog devoured by ants; we found it near the house and wanted to feed it milk from the tetra-brik carton. It was dead by morning. I remember my brother wanted to taste an ant because the Chinese eat them, so he put it in his mouth while…
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“All the World’s Men”
Llucia Ramis; Megan Berkobien :: Uncle Joan had a Fiat. The few people who owned cars in Felanitx had to take the others to the warfront at Manacor. The frontlines frightened Uncle Tomeu, Joan’s brother-in-law, and so he offered to accompany him on those trips instead. On the ride there he stood on the door…
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