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I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

by Irene Solà

In the rugged Guilleries mountains of Catalonia, an ancient woman lies dying at the remote Mas Clavell farmhouse as dawn breaks over a landscape haunted by wolves, brigands, and spirits. Solà's polyphonic novel gives voice to the dead, the living, and the mountains themselves, weaving together generations of stories in lyrical, incantatory prose. A stunning meditation on landscape, memory, and the supernatural forces that shape rural Catalan life.

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