by Narcís Oller · Libros de Seda S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417626341
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«Pilar Prim» is the classic novel by Narcís Oller, published by Libros de Seda in its Clásicos collection, in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Pilar Prim, a young widow, discovers that her husband's will prevents her from remarrying if she wants to keep the inheritance. Far from resigning herself, she is attracted to Marcial Deberga, a younger man, and that relationship will pit her against her family's interests and the prejudices of the Catalan bourgeoisie at the beginning of the 20th century.
Novel originally written in Catalan and published in 1906; this Spanish translation is by Carlos Fajardo Calpe and won the Fastenrath Prize in 1912.
For readers of classic and romantic fiction interested in early 20th-century narrative and the female condition.
Narcís Oller i de Moragas was a Catalan lawyer and novelist who initially wrote in the traditions of literary realism and naturalism, later adapting his style to the Modernisme movement, the Catalan equivalent of Art Nouveau. Despite his stylistic evolution, he is considered one of the leading Catalan authors of the 19th century.
