Before the dark side of the Internet and TikTok, there were the false promises of TV and the tabloids. Part love affair, part loss of innocence, part plight of a teenage girl immersed in survival, Born Lucky invites the reader into the tragic, naive truth about how popular culture devours teenage girls.
This work is a tour-de-force. The translators have excelled in their carefully-crafted renditions. Salvador Espriu’s poetry comes alive in English. The translations are accurate while providing English readers with a text that reads like poetry. This book will be enjoyed by many English readers in the years to come.
