{"id":307276,"date":"2017-11-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2017\/11\/02\/two-month-review-3-2-selected-stories-pgs-1-50\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:06:36","slug":"two-month-review-3-2-selected-stories-pgs-1-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2017\/11\/02\/two-month-review-3-2-selected-stories-pgs-1-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Month Review #3.2: Selected Stories (pgs. 1-50)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Chad and Brian dive into the first six stories in Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda&#8217;s <em>Selected Stories<\/em> and call up Quim Monz\u00f3, arguably the most important contemporary Catalan author, to talk about the precision and emotionality in her work. They also talk about Catalan literature as a whole, <em>A Thousand Morons<\/em>, Catalan independence, and much more. An incredibly fun and funny episode, this one really lays the groundwork for approaching Rodoreda&#8217;s stories. <\/p>\n<p>Both <em>Selected Stories<\/em> and <em>Death in Spring<\/em> are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openletterbooks.org\/\">Open Letter website,<\/a> and if you use 2MONTH at checkout, you&#8217;ll get 20% off. <\/p>\n<p>Feel free to comment on this episode&#8212;or on the book in general&#8212;either on this post, or at the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/group\/show\/216472-two-month-review\">GoodReads Group.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/open_letter\">Open Letter,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadwpost\">Chad Post,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianWood_\">Brian Wood,<\/a> and for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. And follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuimMonzo\">Quim Monz\u00f3<\/a> to learn more about his writings and the case for Catalan independence.<\/p>\n<p>And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?s=tag&amp;t=two-month-review\">clicking here.<\/a> And be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/two-month-review\/id1253564436\">leave us a review on iTunes!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The music for this season of Two Month Review is <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/74FIbLN_P_k\">Montseny<\/a> by Els Surfing Sirles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5901818\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ffa732\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Chad and Brian dive into the first six stories in Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda&#8217;s Selected Stories and call up Quim Monz\u00f3, arguably the most important contemporary Catalan author, to talk about the precision and emotionality in her work. 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