EL SANATORI EN LA NOVEL·LÍSTICA CONTEMPORÀNIA: EL MAR, DE BLAI BONET

Literatureand medicine are closely connected. Many works have portrayedexperiences of disease and have been set in health care facilities,including sanatoriums. Anti-tuberculosis sanatoriums, seen as spacesof isolation and as the death row, have inspired manyauthors. Twentieth-century novels devoted significant attention tothese institutions which, far from the rest of society, conditionedthe life of the sick but also their identity. The magic mountain  byThomas Mann and Rest home by Camilo José Cela are two outstandingreferences in this production. In Catalan literature, we need tohighlight The sea, by Majorcan author BlaiBonet.