by Víctor Català · RBA La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474108903
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«Solitud» is the novel by Víctor Català, published by RBA La Magrana in paperback (300 pages, in Catalan).
Mila, a young wife, moves with her husband to a hermitage in the mountains. Amid the harshness of the landscape and solitude, she faces marital estrangement and lack of communication, while beginning a journey of self-discovery that leads her to rediscover herself. The novel portrays Catalan rural life with realism and lyricism, and reflects on the human condition.
The work was originally published in 1905 and this edition by RBA La Magrana is from October 2000.
A classic of Catalan literature, of interest to readers of twentieth-century fiction and stories of female self-discovery.
Caterina Albert i Paradís, better known by her pen name Víctor Català, was a Catalan writer in Catalan and Spanish who participated in the Modernisme movement and was the author of one of the signature works of the genre, Solitud (Solitude) (1905). Her literary skill was first recognized in 1898, when she received the Jocs Florals prize; soon thereafter, she began using the pseudonym Victor Català, taking it from the protagonist of a novel she never finished. Despite her success as a dramatist and her forays into poetry, she is best known for her work in narrative literature, with the force of her style and the richness of her diction being especially noted. She died in her hometown of l’Escala, Catalonia, in 1966 and is interred in the Cementiri Vell de l’Escala.
