Bearn o la sala de las muñecas

Overview

Considered a masterpiece of Catalan literature, this book was originally published in Spanish in 1956. Villalonga decided to translated it into Catalan, perhaps to distance it from the social realism that dominated Spanish literature in the 1950s. Now, in its original version, it's now receiving the recognition that its contemporaries failed to give it.

Author Biography

Llorenç Villalonga was a Majorcan author who is considered among the most important of the post-Spanish Civil War era. His other books include Mort de dama and Mallorca.