A 20th century masterpiece.
A Mortal Spring represents the pinnacle of Francisco Umbral’s writing career. Defined by the author as simultaneous memoir, the novel is considered by the literary community to be a 20th century masterpiece.
In poetic prose, Umbral captures the joy of a young child, a son, and the tragedy of his loss as a unique place of pain that the author alone can inhabit. His beautiful use of language creates a bittersweet contrast against the haunting sensation of happiness slipping through the reader’s fingers with each turn of the page. A timeless piece of art.
At once tender and stone-hard, spirited and evenpaced, A Mortal Spring is a heart-breaking novel about the pain of losing a child.
“I dare not look at myself in mirrors in case it’s true that I don’t have an ear, and I comb my hair to that side, to hide what I don’t know if it exists.” Francisco Umbral
“Everything in the air is a bird.” Francisco Umbral
“Writing is the deepest way of reading life.” Francisco Umbral
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