José Morella

Those who begin writing fiction often carry a heavy backpack of prejudices about the literary act. Our insecurity makes us hide behind clichés, cryptic prose, and unnecessary embellishments. We must let go of that burden and trust in the precision of our raw, direct voice. One of the best models to illustrate this confidence is the prose of Mercè Rodoreda, which is why every chapter of this writing manual includes excerpts from The Time of the Doves (La plaça del Diamant), her most famous work.

Guided by one of the most outstanding narrators in world literature, Mercè Rodoreda, José Morella invites us to discover techniques and tools to learn how to write our own texts.

This book is much more than a conventional writing manual; it is also an analysis of some of the most representative passages of one of the masterpieces of our literature, The Time of the Doves.