Endorsements

''Soaringly beautiful, urgent and disturbing... A masterpiece.'' Colm Tóibín, from the introduction

''Dark and beautiful and brilliant'' Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall

''Rodoreda has bedazzled me'' Gabriel Garcia Marquez

''Rodoreda''s artistry is of the highest order'' Diana Athill

''Read it for its beauty, for the way it will surprise and subvert your desires, and as a testament to the human spirit in the face of brutality and willful inhumanity.'' Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing

''Utterly extraordinary'' Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond

''Dark and beautiful and brilliant'' Sarah Moss, author of The Tidal Zone