Spain-Merce Rodoreda

Rain

Published

March 12, 2024

Merce Rodoreda

1997 photo by Vilallonga of a portrait of Mercè Rodoreda Rodoreda (via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.5)

Mercé Rodoreda i Gurguí was born on 10 October 1908 in Barcelona. She is the most translated author from Catalan into any other language, and her novel La plaça del Diamant (In Diamond Square) is one of the most celebrated novels of the Spanish Civil War.

Story

We will read Rodoreda’s story, Rain.

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Themes

  • Independent Single Women
  • Making Decisions
  • Is Marriage crumbling as an Institution?
  • Luxury Beliefs (after Rob Henderson)

Additional Material

Notes and References

  1. #RivetingReviews: An Authentic, Brilliant, Catalan Life: A Profile Of Mercè Rodoreda by West Camel. 20 June, 2023. https://www.eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingreviews-an-authentic-brilliant-catalan-life-a-profile-of-merce-rodoreda-by-west-camel/
  2. Henderson, Ron. 12 June 2022. Luxury Beliefs are Status Symbols: The struggle for distinction. https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/status-symbols-and-the-struggle-for?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Accessed 07 Jan 2024.


Song for the Story

Artistes: Dragon ( pop group from NZ)
Title: Rain
Date: July 1983
Chart Position: US(88); Aus(2)

About Rain: “Rain” is a song by Australian-New Zealand rock group Dragon released in July 1983 as the first single ahead of their seventh studio album, Body and the Beat (June 1984). It is co-written by the group’s brothers, Marc and Todd Hunter with Johanna Pigott, Todd’s then-domestic partner. “Rain” peaked at number 2 and stayed in the Kent Music Report singles chart for 26 weeks. The song reached number 88 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 charts in mid-1984. For the original single version the group’s Kerry Jacobson had provided drums and percussion; he left the group in September 1983 and was replaced by Terry Chambers, who is shown in promotional material including cover art and music videos.

Lyrics: https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1406915/Rain

Rain, by Dragon

Ah, it’s a happening thing
And it’s happening to you
Full load and thunder
Ribbons of blue
Ice on the window
Ice in my heart
Filling with Thunder
Every time we start

[Chorus]
Its been raining for so long,
Its been raining for so long.

Or is it a wonder
The streets are dark?
Is it any wonder
We fall apart?
Day after days strange rain falls down
All over town rain coming

[Chorus]

Don’t you go out in the rain
Don’t go out in the pouring rain
If you go out in the rain
We never have that time again

Is it any wonder the streets are dark
Is it any wonder we fall apart
All these feelings and seems so wrong
Our ever memory were so strong
Well its been raining for so long
Its been raining I can’t go on

Don’t you go out in the rain
Don’t go out in the pouring rain
If you go out in the rain
We never have that time again

Don’t you go out in the rain
Don’t go out in the pouring rain
If you go out in the rain
We never have that time again

Don’t you go out in the rain
Don’t go out in the pouring rain
If you go out in the rain
We never have that time again

Writing Prompts

  1. On Ghosting
  2. On Being Indecisive
  3. “Is Marriage Crumbling”, and other Luxury Beliefs.
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