by Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta · Estrella Polar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499329802
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«L'amor de lluny» is the historical novel by Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta, published by Estrella Polar in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).
In the twelfth century, the troubadour Jaufré Rudel falls in love with a noble lady he has never seen. He boards the Ave Maria, the ship of the count of Toulouse, and joins the Second Crusade not for faith, plunder, or adventure, but to behold the eyes of the woman to whom he dedicates his verses. A journey for love.
It is part of the La Via Làctia collection. It is the first edition, first printing, published in 2012.
Recommended for young and adult readers; it has been used as school reading in Catalan.
Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta was a Catalan politician. A member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, he served in the Parliament of Catalonia from 1988 to 1999 and was President of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona from 1982 to 1987. He died on 5 January 2022, at the age of 70.
