by Joan Francesc Mira, Diversos Autors · Proa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788484375357
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«Purgatori» is the novel by Joan Francesc Mira, published by Proa in hardcover (296 pages, in Catalan).
Salvador Donat, a rural doctor, leads a peaceful and contemplative middle age, riding his Harley Davidson through orange groves and mountain roads. When he must accompany his brother Josep, a businessman ill with cancer, to Valencia, he confronts a world of ambitions, envies and money, but also of optimism and vital pleasure.
Winner of the Premi Sant Jordi 2002 and the Premi de la Crítica de Narrativa Catalana 2004. Second installment of the Valencia Trilogy, completed by Els treballs perduts and El professor d'història.
For readers of contemporary Catalan fiction who appreciate stories of introspection and a slow pace featuring mature characters.
