What is happening in Catalonia

Book name: What is happening in Catalonia Author: Eduardo Mendoza Publisher: Masaa for Publishing and Distribution Category: Novels Number of pages: 100 About the book: This book is an attempt by Mendoza to understand what is happening in Catalonia, the richest region in Spain, which due to the dominance of separatist tendencies over leftist and extreme nationalist movements, was the stage for the most serious crisis to hit Spain since the democratic transition after Franco's departure in 1975. Mendoza affirms that he is writing a text to clarify much of the confusion, preconceived judgments, and false stereotypes about the course of events, not only in Catalonia but in Spain in general, where he says "The motivation behind writing this text".