by Maria de la Pau Janer · Columna · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466405133
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«Les dones que hi ha en mi» is the contemporary novel by Maria de la Pau Janer, published by Columna in hardback (200 pages, in Catalan).
The narrator, Carlota, lives with her grandfather in a country house and grows up surrounded by the memory of her mother, Elisa, and her grandmother, Sofía, both of whom died very young. Obsessed with reconstructing their lives, she delves into forgotten papers, family comments and her grandfather's silences to unravel the mysteries and hidden passions of the mansion, in a journey through three generations of women.
Originally published in Spanish in 2002 as «Las mujeres que hay en mí», it was nominated for the Premio Planeta; this Catalan edition, from 2004, belongs to the Fora de Col·lecció collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction, with an interest in family memory, inherited secrets and the reconstruction of the past.
Maria de la Pau Janer is a Spanish writer who works in Spanish and Catalan. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela and the Ramon Llull Novel Award.
