by Mercedes Salisachs · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432087530
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«La gangrena» is the novel by Spanish writer Mercedes Salisachs, published by Planeta in hardback (536 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is set in postwar Barcelona and follows a bourgeois family marked by secrets, ambitions and internal conflicts. Through its characters, Mercedes Salisachs portrays social hypocrisy, moral decay and power struggles, with a critical eye on the society of the time and family relationships.
The novel won the Premio Planeta in 1975.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction interested in historical background and social criticism.
Mercedes Salisachs Roviralta was a Spanish writer and novelist. She began her career when she was a teenager and published more than thirty five novels. She wrote and published her last novel in 2013 at the age of 97. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.
