A review by alicechris
The Time of Cherries by Montserrat Roig

4.0

I loved Roig's writing - both expansive and intimate. It's about one family, and yet also Barcelona, Catalonia, all of Spain. The cross generational perspectives really worked for me, as did the jumping around between different times (although the huge variety of both elements here means you really need to pay attention, which is probably why this took me ages to read!). The writing style is really distinctive and the translator deserves a lot of credit for preserving how unique this book feels (although I couldn't tell you what the Catalan version is like).