Shared Rooms

Original Title: Habitacions compartides

Publication: 2026

Author: Blanca Busquets

In two hospital rooms, two lives become quietly intertwined.

Montserrat, a woman recovering from surgery, and Ricard, confined to bed after a serious fall, are both patients in the same hospital ward. They share spaces, silences, and moments of vulnerability, yet it takes time before they truly begin to know one another. As they heal, each drifts through memories, revisits old wounds, and rekindles fragile hopes that have shaped who they are today.

Through their intimate inner monologues, the reader discovers two lives marked by love and loss, by family secrets and long-kept silences.

Shared Rooms is a novel about the memories we try to avoid, the words we never say, and the chance encounters that leave a lasting mark.

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Original Language

CATALAN | Proa

Reviews

"An elegant, unshowy narrative that reads smoothly, even when it touches on painful themes. And without abandoning a certain playful spirit — a game with the characters and the webs of relationships that chance creates." Lluís Llort, El Punt Avui

"A seemingly discrete novel that operates with considerable emotional ambition. … It confirms the author’s skill in narrating what often remains out of focus: the grey areas of relationships, the weight of trauma, and what we share without ever quite knowing what we surrender or what we gain." Anna Carreras Aubets, ARA

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