{"product_id":"take-six-peter-bush-9781915568793","title":"Take Six: Six Catalan Women Writers","description":"Take Six is a celebration of six remarkable Catalan women writers: Víctor Català, Rosa Maria Arquimbau, Mercè Rodoreda, Carme Riera, Imma Monsó and Teresa Solana \u003cbr\u003eThe stories span almost hundred and twenty years, starting with Víctor Català (the nom de plume of Caterina Albert) whose stories set in Barcelona, the Catalan countryside and fishing villages over half a century create a fictional universe in which hundreds of characters contest the unhappy destinies history has dealt them. Arquimbau and Rodoreda, active feminists and champions of Catalan, capture the heady atmosphere in Barcelona prior to the fascist insurrection on 1936 and the horror of war and exile in Nazi occupied France. The three living writers focus on the ironies of the transition from dictatorship to democracy with wit and compassion as women in their society struggle against a legacy of machismo and entrenched patriarchal attitudes. \u003cbr\u003eMany Catalan women novelists have been translated into English over the last twenty years and this anthology is witness to a vigorous tradition of short story writing that can be light-hearted and frivolous, tragic and noir, in a variety of styles that will delight and captivate readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Bush\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191556879X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915568793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dedalus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Peter Bush","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154206437631,"sku":"9781915568793","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a360fc8e-85f6-482c-89b9-0991d37d6094.jpg?v=1770788610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/take-six-peter-bush-9781915568793","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}