by Ferran Torrent · Columna CAT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478099399
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«Gràcies per la propina» is the novel by Ferran Torrent, winner of the Premi Sant Jordi 1994, published by Columna CAT in paperback (226 pages, in Catalan).
Set in Valencia in the 1960s, the novel follows the childhood and youth memories of Ferran Torres, raised by two bachelor uncles in a peculiar libertarian family. Between a repressive school, an omnipresent church, warm cafés and quiet brothels, the story depicts an initiation into life with humor and tenderness.
First installment of the Germans Torres series. The cover reproduces a fragment of the ceramic «Dandy», by Xavier Nogués.
For readers of Catalan fiction looking for a coming-of-age novel with humor, set in Valencia in the 1960s.
