Book Data View
This data is sourced from my own Linked Data experiement hosted at id.marisabel.nl. It is structured according to the RDA (Resource Description and Access) standard for bibliographic data and the LRM (Library Resource Metadata) model for bibliographic data. I catalog books I own, manually, using forms I created mapped to the RDA elements. The data is stored in JSON files. This is still a work in progress, so expect changes and improvements over time. Sugestions are welcome!
Item
has identifier for item
067517263040473
has note on item
Bought in November 08, 2025 for the "Bored to Death Book Club" ter Rotterdam, Dec 2025
has current owner agent
https://im.marisabel.nl
has item of manifestation
has location of item
Bedside table (to read)
Manifestation
has identifier for manifestation
320335810385804
Identifier
has title proper
Death in Spring - Mercè Rodoreda ; translated from the Catalan by Martha Tennent; with an introduction by Colm Tóibín.
has title of series
Penguin European Writers
has title of manifestation
Death in Spring
has extent of manifestation
150 pages
has statement of responsibility relating to title proper
Mercè Rodoreda
has publication statement
London - Penguin Books - 2018
has place of publication
London
has publisher agent
Penguin Books
has date of publication
2018
has copyright date
1986
has carrier type
volume
has media type
unmediated
has mode of issuance
single unit
has dimensions
20 cm
has preferred citation
Rodoreda, M., & Tóibín, C. (2018). Death in spring (; M. Tennent, Trans.). Penguin Books.
has expression manifested
cover art
https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8834550-L.jpg
has contributor person of text
Martha Tennent (translator)
has catalogue
http://id.marisabel.nl/library/
Expression
has identifier for expression
761790068223123
preferred title for the expression
Death in Spring
has summarization of content
Considered by many to be the grand achievement of her later period, Death in Spring is one of Mercè Rodoreda's most complex and beautifully constructed works. The novel tells the story of the bizarre and destructive customs of a nameless town—burying the dead in trees after filling their mouths with cement to prevent their soul from escaping, or sending a man to swim in the river that courses underneath the town to discover if they will be washed away by a flood—through the eyes of a fourteen-year-old boy who must come to terms with the rhyme and reason of this ritual violence, and with his wild, child-like, and teenaged stepmother, who becomes his playmate. It is through these rituals, and the developing relationships between the boy and the townspeople, that Rodoreda portrays a fully-articulated, though quite disturbing, society., The horrific rituals, however, stand in stark contrast to the novel’s stunningly poetic language and lush descriptions. Written over a period of twenty years—after Rodoreda was forced into exile following the Spanish Civi War—Death in Spring is musical and rhythmic, and truly the work of a writer at the height of her powers.
has content type
text
has language of expression
English
expression of work
has note on expression
Translation from Catalan: La mort i la primavera (1986)
has translator person
Martha Tennent
has agent associated with expression
Mercè Rodoreda
Work
has identifier for work
977297202084256
preferred title for the work
Death in Spring
has source consulted
Dystopias--Fiction
has subject
spanish literature, death, strange fiction, magical realism, dystopia
has category of work
Fiction
has note on work
Rodoreda, Mercè, 1908-1983. Death in spring