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While reading “Death in Spring,” Mercè Rodoreda’s final work, it is easy to forget how unlikely the publication of the book is. In Francisco Franco’s anti-Catalan Spain, Rodoreda faced not only suppression and exile but the extinction of her native language. Under Franco, Catalan’s very existence was threatened, banned outright in the public sphere and severely curtailed in the private sphere. In this context, while translations of Spanish language novels achieved worldwide fame and renown in the 1970s and 1980s, Catalan writers remained...
...reassure people,” said Nicholas A. Geiser, one of the six student contributors. “Even though the economy is kind of sour and financial aid offers are down, it’s still possible to afford a college education.” Geiser, a San Francisco University High School senior who applied to 12 schools including Harvard, also said that the blog is a way of reclaiming the college admissions process. “The impression I’ve gotten from my friends is that they seem very resigned to the process. It?...
However, commanding an intimidating presence at the plate is no new feat for the San Francisco, Calif. native. Starting in the third grade and playing year-round in the Golden State ever since has given Shaw plenty of preparation for her first season in the Ivy League...
...don’t think I’ve ever seen this in a Harvard uniform before,” Crimson coach Joe Walsh says. “I don’t think you’d see that unless you’re a San Francisco Giants fan in 2007, if you know what I mean...
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