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German Quasi-Story of Ulrika Thöus

Salvador Espriu

Translated by Rowan Ricardo Phillips

‘For hidden though they may be – and it is incontrovertible that they are – sooner or later the testicles will have to appear.’

Salvador Espriu

Salvador Espriu (1913–1985) is considered one of the Catalan language's most significant postwar writers, producing fiction, poetry, and drama. Two volumes of his Selected Poems are available in English translation.

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Translated by Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Rowan Ricardo Phillips is the author of two books of poetry: Heaven, which was longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award, and The Ground. He is the winner of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 2013 Pen/Osterweil Prize for Poetry.

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