by Anita Shreve · Planeta CAT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408037392
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«Olympia» is the contemporary novel by Anita Shreve, published by Planeta CAT in paperback, in Catalan.
Set at the end of the 19th century in Fortune's Rocks, New Hampshire, young Olympia Biddeford meets John Haskell, a married doctor and friend of her father. A forbidden relationship develops between them, confronting her with scandal and forcing her to rebuild her life; the novel explores desire, class prejudices, and second chances.
Originally published in English as Fortune's Rocks; it is the first installment of the eponymous series.
For readers of contemporary and historical fiction seeking period dramas, forbidden passions, and class conflicts.
Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting, was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.
