by Ferran Torrent · Columna CAT · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466405317
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«La vida en l'abisme» is the novel by Ferran Torrent, published by Columna CAT in hardcover, in Catalan.
The narrative evokes the Valencia of the 1970s, when gambling, though prohibited, was common. Through the bond between a young Ferran Torrent and the enigmatic Rubio, the novel describes a journey of initiation among card sharps, swindlers, a gambling-addicted farmer and a princess, with gambling as a mirror of the human condition.
Published on December 1, 2004 in the Clàssica collection; finalist for the Planeta Prize 2004.
For readers of contemporary fiction and narrative in Catalan, with an interest in coming-of-age stories and marginal settings.
