by Eva Baltasar · CLUB EDITOR 1959, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788473294294
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«Ocàs i fascinació» is the contemporary fiction novel by Eva Baltasar, published by Club Editor in paperback (160 pages, in Catalan).
The novel is divided into two parts: in the first, a young woman who becomes homeless and jobless in Barcelona survives by cleaning other people's houses; in the second, the narrative drifts into a gothic delirium. A story about precarity, the housing crisis, and the limits of the social pact.
Number 133 of the El Club dels Novel·listes collection, first edition published in Barcelona in March 2024.
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction and gothic literature, with an interest in current Catalan narrative.
Eva Baltasar is a Catalan poet and writer. She has a bachelor's degree in Pedagogy from the University of Barcelona. She has published ten books of poetry, which have earned numerous awards including the 2008 Miquel de Palol, the 2010 Benet Ribas, the 2015 Gabriel Ferrater, and the 2020 Òmnium Prize. Baltasar's first novel, Permafrost, received the 2018 Catalan Booksellers Award and it has sold the translation rights to six languages.
