by Santiago Rusiñol · Selecta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429801057
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«L'auca del senyor Esteve» is the modernist novel by Santiago Rusiñol, published by Selecta in paperback (217 pages, in Catalan).
It portrays Mr. Esteve, a shopkeeper from the Ribera district of Barcelona who embodies the values of the Catalan petty bourgeoisie: seny, moderation and perseverance. His son Ramonet wants to be an artist, and the clash between creation and commerce exposes the artist's relationship with bourgeois society in modernism, with a bet on mutual recognition.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Selecta collection (no. 80); this 1973 edition is the 10th. The novel was originally published in 1907 and its theatrical version premiered in 1917.
A work commonly read in schools and of interest to those who want to learn about Catalan literature and modernism.
Santiago Rusiñol i Prats was a Spanish painter, poet, journalist, collector and playwright. He was one of the leaders of the Catalan modernisme movement. He created more than a thousand paintings and wrote numerous works in Spanish and Catalan.
