El sol de la tarde

by Robert Saladrigas

Text: Catalan

Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Robert Saladrigas was a narrator and literary critic. He was the author of the collections of stories Boires (Mists - 1970) which received the Víctor Català Prize and Tauromàquia: sol i lluna (Bullfighting: Sun and Moon - 1991). Outstanding amongst his novels are Aquell gust agre de l'estel (The Bitter Taste of the Kite - 1977), which offers a cosmogonic view of the world, Memorial de Claudi M. Broch (1986) for which he received the National Critics' Prize, El sol de la tarda (The Afternoon Sun - 1992) which was awarded the Saint George and the Crexells prizes, La mar no està mai sola (The Sea is Never Alone - 1996), which received the Carlemany Prize and Còmplices de la Ciutat (City Accomplices - 1999). He wrote television scripts and also directed television programmes as well as making major contributions to children's and young people's literature, one of his most popular works in this sphere being Entre juliol i setembre (Between July and September - 1967). Recently he has published La llibreta groga (The Yellow Notebook - 2004), Josep Pla Prize, and Biografia (Biography - 2005).

He was a member of the AELC (Association of Catalan Language Writers).

Reviews

[Sandreta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ben escrit però amb una història que no enganxa gens. Més que una novela és una espècie "d'assaig" sobre relacions amoroses. No és el que buscava.