In ‘Learning to talk to plants’, grief and loss are anything but grandiloquent

<p dir="ltr"><span>Marta Orriols doesn’t talk to plants, and neither does Paula, the main character of the widely acclaimed novel that turned Orriols into a household name in contemporary Catalan literature. </span>Published in 2018, <strong>'</strong><strong>Aprendre a parlar amb les plantes'</strong> (translated as 'Learning to Talk to Plants') tells the story of unexpected loss and how a 40-year-old neonatologist must cope with grief while navigating through bustling Barcelona life. </p> / ACN

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First published: April 17, 2021 06:28 PM