by Gemma Ruiz Palà · Proa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475888200
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«Ca la Wenling» is the contemporary novel by Gemma Ruiz Palà, published by Proa in paperback (328 pages, in Catalan).
The novel is set in the hairdressing salon of Wenling, a Chinese immigrant settled in the Barcelona neighbourhood of Gràcia. Among manicures, perms and confidences appear retired women, stubborn young people, a pregnant woman and everyday racism; the premises become a space of friendship where the desire to communicate crosses the barriers of language.
Published on 5 February 2020, it belongs to the A Tot Vent collection from Proa (no. 723). It is the novel following the literary phenomenon Argelagues, by Gemma Ruiz Palà.
For readers of contemporary fiction in Catalan interested in choral stories about migration, neighbourhood life and friendship.
