by Baltasar Porcel · Planeta CAT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408037958
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«L'Emperador o L'ull del vent» is the historical novel by Baltasar Porcel, published by Planeta CAT in paperback (220 pages, in Catalan).
The story begins with the confinement of thousands of Napoleonic soldiers on the island of Cabrera and follows Gérard de Fleury, an enigmatic character who moves between Mallorca, Paris, Corsica and Andalusia, until crossing paths with figures such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Bonaparte himself.
The work belongs to the Ramon Llull collection (no. 21) and was awarded the Premi Ramon Llull 2001, the Premi Lletra d'Or and the Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Novel·la.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Napoleonic Wars and contemporary Catalan narrative.
Baltasar Porcel i Pujol was a Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic. His enormous legacy credited him as one of the greatest authors in Catalan literature from the 20th century.
