Monserrat Roig’s first novel, Goodbye, Ramona is a powerhouse story told through the point of view of three generations of women from the same family. Opening with scenes of a pregnant woman looking for her husband after a bombing, Goodbye, Ramona explores the role of family, women’s relationships with men, the influence the weight of history and events out of their control have on them, and the silence in which they live their lives. Goodbye, Ramona is an historical and social mosaic seen through the lives and experiences of the female characters.
Montserrat Roig was a novelist, short story writer, investigative journalist and feminist activist, described by the poet Marta Pessarrodona as the ‘first female total writer Catalan literature has had.’
Megan Berkobien & María Cristina Hall are writers and translators from Catalan and Spanish. Often working together, they have had translations and pieces of work published in various international publications.