by Mercè Rodoreda · Labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499308586
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«Aloma» is the contemporary fiction novel by Mercè Rodoreda, published by Labutxaca in paperback (176 pages, in Catalan).
Aloma, an eighteen-year-old young woman from Barcelona, lives in the family house in Sant Gervasi with her brother, sister-in-law, and nephew. When Robert, a relative by marriage who has arrived from America, moves into the house, Aloma discovers contradictory feelings that clash with her surroundings and her adolescent ideals. The action takes place in Barcelona in 1934.
Aloma won the Premi Joan Crexells for narrative in 1937. This edition reproduces the 1969 version, rewritten by Mercè Rodoreda.
For readers of contemporary fiction and twentieth-century Catalan literature.
Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí was a Catalan novelist, who wrote in the Catalan language.
