by Pere Calders · Edicions 62 · tapa dura · ISBN 9788429776720
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The end of the civil war leads Joan Deltell to take refuge in Mexico. He works in a publishing house, is married to a native woman, and they have a son, but the dream of returning to Barcelona is more powerful than everything that binds him to his adopted land. Like him, many other Catalans live in nostalgia for their homeland and emigrate for a difficult or impossible return, while struggling in a large and complex country that they find hard to understand. 'L'ombra de l'atzavara' is undoubtedly the great novel of exile.
Pere Calders i Rossinyol was a writer, journalist and illustrator from Catalonia, known mainly for his work as a short story writer. Over his life, he received several awards, including the Creu de Sant Jordi in 1982 and the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes in 1986. Besides short stories, Calders wrote several novels and journalistic articles for some of the most important publications in Catalonia. His writings were noted for their irony and occasional fantasy. As an illustrator, he reached the position of director of L'Esquella de la Torratxa, together with his friend Tísner.
