Martí Gironell returns to bookstores with Malaveïna, a new historical novel published by Columna that aims very high. The author from La Garrotxa leaves behind the adventures of the monks and choirboys of Montserrat from his last book to now immerse himself in the history of the gardens of the majestic Peralada castle, in the Empordà, which counts Antoni and Tomàs de Rocabertí had built in 1877. The novel, maintaining the thread of nature as a common denominator, connects the counts' gardens with the legendary character of the Malaveïna, a healer from the fields of Garriguella, a symbol of atavistic wisdom, who used flowers and plants to cure the sick of the region.

For the writer Martí Gironell, summer nights have a special appeal. “It feels like in summer everything goes at a different pace and the nights are longer. There are things that you only feel like doing on summer nights, they are nights protected by this kind of halo that we have all created and that makes everything seem possible. The temperature is good and there is a feeling of being free from obligations, free from everything. Summer nights are the most conducive to the feeling of freedom,” he reflects.