Resumen de Barcelona, terra de promissió: el descobriment de l'anonimat
The massive emigration of people from villages, towns, and smal1 citi es to the metropolis of Barcelona in the 1960s has constirured rhe primary morivation for my writing. In the fol1owing article, I reflect on the various meanings rhat movement to rhe Catalan capital has for the characters in three of my noveIs: Pedra de tartera, Càmfo1'a, and Carrer Bolívia. The city becomes a home and a dream; it becomes a site of anonymity full of challenges and promises; it becomes, in short, a test of adaptation. There is no real rerurn to the point of departure, only the transformation of the individual citizen and of the urban body.
