by Llorenç Villalonga · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429782622
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This is a new edition of an undisputed classic of 20th-century Catalan literature. First published in 1961, the novel tells the story of Don Toni and Doña Maria Antònia, the lords of Bearn, portraying the decline of the wealthy rural society of Mallorca at the end of the 19th century. Through rich and refined prose, the novel explores the moral ambiguity of its protagonist, a defender of tradition who also admires the Age of Enlightenment, offering a profound portrait of a vanishing world.
This commemorative edition, coinciding with the 45th anniversary of Llorenç Villalonga's death, restores the author's original Mallorcanisms and passages of the text. It also includes an appendix with four short texts by contemporary authors—Sebastià Alzamora, Carlota Gurt, Sebastià Portell, and Carme Riera—who offer their own readings of this masterpiece, often compared to 'The Leopard'.
