by Maria Barbal · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499304922
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«Emma» is the novel by Catalan writer Maria Barbal, published by Labutxaca in paperback (208 pages, in Catalan).
Emma is a young woman who no longer feels loved by her husband and decides to leave everything behind to have an affair with Denis, the man she has fallen in love with. The relationship proves brief and Emma ends up abandoned and living on the street, disoriented. Recovering her daughter becomes her only drive to try to return to a normal life.
The novel was originally published in 2008. The Labutxaca edition came out in 2012. The story is set in Barcelona.
For readers interested in contemporary fiction and in narrative in the Catalan language.
Maria Barbal i Farré is a Spanish writer. She spent her childhood in rural Catalonia, which profoundly influenced her literary work. In 1964, at the age of 14, she moved to Barcelona to pursue her education, eventually earning a degree in Hispanic Studies from the University of Barcelona in 1971.
