by Isabel-Clara Simó · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477396932
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«La Salvatge» is the novel by Isabel-Clara Simó, published by Proa in paperback (219 pages, in Catalan).
The novel narrates the arrival of Dorothy, a fourteen-year-old red-haired, freckled girl, into the life of Joaquim Simon, a rich divorced man who decides to adopt her. Determined to turn that «salvatge» into a perfect model, he undertakes a kind of Pygmalion work that leads to a reflection on possession and its destructive capacity.
Novel winner of the 1993 Sant Jordi prize, first published in 1994. Catalan edition with 219 pages.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in power relations and novels with psychological depth.
Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language.
