by Narcís Oller · Editorial Laia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472228122
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«La bogeria» is the novel by Narcís Oller, published by Editorial Laia in paperback (133 pages, in Catalan).
The novel opens with the scene of a dishevelled and pale man who brandishes a club and utters incoherent words in the middle of a crowd; the onlookers surround him, provoke him and greet each reaction with laughter. The episode begins a narrative that revolves around madness and the behaviour of those who observe it.
First edition, number 3 of the Les Eines de butxaca collection, with a preliminary study by Sergi Beser. Originally published in 1898, it was awarded the Marquesa de Villafuerte Prize.
A common reading in schools and a gateway to nineteenth-century Catalan narrative for those studying literature in Catalan.
Narcís Oller i de Moragas was a Catalan lawyer and novelist who initially wrote in the traditions of literary realism and naturalism, later adapting his style to the Modernisme movement, the Catalan equivalent of Art Nouveau. Despite his stylistic evolution, he is considered one of the leading Catalan authors of the 19th century.
