by Miquel Llor Forcada · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429714937
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«Laura a la ciutat dels sants» is the novel by Miquel Llor, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).
Laura, a refined and sensitive young woman from Barcelona, settles in a provincial town nicknamed «la ciutat dels sants», a fictional transposition of Vic. There she clashes with a devout, gossipy, and hypocritical society that turns her into an outsider. The novel portrays her maladjustment and criticises the provincial hypocrisy of Catalonia at the time.
Novel originally published in 1931 and winner of the Premi Crexells de novel·la. This 1979 edition belongs to the Les Millors Obres de la Literatura Catalana collection, number 15, with La Caixa.
A work commonly read in schools and for those interested in the Catalan novel and in social portraits of the early twentieth century.
