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1960442The Catalanshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-catalans/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/247432/1700338c-e5d0-4569-97ff-d2fb1547adaf.jpg?v=638689267244500000152168MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p>Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick OBrians second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one mans desperate bid to reclaim his humanity.</p><p>Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunts, Alain Roig returns to his Catalan hometown to discover he has been nominated by family members with vested interests in the ancestral property to prevent an impending marriage between his cold, ascetic cousin Xavier and Madeleine, a quiet, introspective village girl of unusual beauty. As Alain seeks to understand his cousins complex motivations for wooing the unhappy girl, he is slowly drawn into Xaviers dark crisis of faith, the well-worn pattern of the sleepy Catalan days and the tight circle of village gossip that surrounds Madeleine.</p><p>Throughout, Patrick OBrians slow, seductive narrative lures the reader into the landscapes, rhythms and passions of Catalonia, while his subtle, insightful characterisation paints a psychological portrait of a unique way of life and two very different men one generous and impulsive, the other desperate to revive in his soul the dying flames of affection which he senses could be his salvation.</p><p>With themes and characters that in many ways prefigure his enormously successful Aubrey/Maturin series, THE CATALANS demonstrates all the insight, lyricism and psychological drama that made OBrian one of the best storytellers of his generation.</p>...1922999The Catalans152168https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-catalans/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/247432/1700338c-e5d0-4569-97ff-d2fb1547adaf.jpg?v=638689267244500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129780007466474_W3siaWQiOiIxNWU2MmI3ZC00ODhmLTQ0ZjEtYjA0NC01ODFkMzFlMjlkM2MiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE2OCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE1MiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780007466474_<p>Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick OBrians second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one mans desperate bid to reclaim his humanity.</p><p>Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunts, Alain Roig returns to his Catalan hometown to discover he has been nominated by family members with vested interests in the ancestral property to prevent an impending marriage between his cold, ascetic cousin Xavier and Madeleine, a quiet, introspective village girl of unusual beauty. As Alain seeks to understand his cousins complex motivations for wooing the unhappy girl, he is slowly drawn into Xaviers dark crisis of faith, the well-worn pattern of the sleepy Catalan days and the tight circle of village gossip that surrounds Madeleine.</p><p>Throughout, Patrick OBrians slow, seductive narrative lures the reader into the landscapes, rhythms and passions of Catalonia, while his subtle, insightful characterisation paints a psychological portrait of a unique way of life and two very different men one generous and impulsive, the other desperate to revive in his soul the dying flames of affection which he senses could be his salvation.</p><p>With themes and characters that in many ways prefigure his enormously successful Aubrey/Maturin series, THE CATALANS demonstrates all the insight, lyricism and psychological drama that made OBrian one of the best storytellers of his generation.</p>...9780007466474_HarperCollins Publisherslibro_electonico_a5e939d8-c2d0-4143-915f-5edfb8ab546a_9780007466474;9780007466474_9780007466474Patrick OBrianInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollinsuk-epub-ae0ae719-1ec5-49bf-9169-a970cb61a2e8.epub2012-05-31T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers