Editing Mercè Rodoreda (section)

====Roissy-en-Brie====
She arrived in the [[Paris|French capital]] at the end of February and in early April she moved to [[Roissy-en-Brie]], a town near the east of the capital. She settled in the castle of Roissy-en-Brie, an 18th-century building, which was offered as a refuge for writers.<ref name="mercè1" /> She shared a home for a few months with other intellectuals such as [[Anna Murià]], César Augusto Jordana, Armand Obiols, [[Francesc Trabal]] and [[Carles Riba]].<ref name=":8" />

In Roissy-en-Brie several love affairs arose; one of them was between Mercè Rodoreda and Armand Obiols. The problems in the castle arose because Armand Obiols was married to Francesc Trabal's sister and they had a son, who had remained in Barcelona with his mother.<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |last=Murià |first=Anna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTJxsK_RKekC&q=Reflexions+de+la+vellesa++Merc%C3%A8+Rodoreda&pg=PA42 |title=Reflexions de la vellesa |date=2003 |publisher=L'Abadia de Montserrat |isbn=978-84-8415-476-1 |language=ca}}</ref> Furthermore, Armand Obiols' mother-in-law had traveled with Trabal to Roissy-en-Brie along with other members of the Trabal family.<ref name=":10" /> Consequently, this affair divided the Catalan exiles into two opposing camps.<ref name=":10" /> According to Anna Murià, Francesc Trabal was opposed not only by his sister but by jealousy, since he would have had a secret relationship with Mercè Rodoreda in Barcelona that only the two of them and their confidante knew.<ref name=":10" /> Rodoreda wanted to write a book about it called The Roissy novel, however, she never decided to do it.<ref name=":10" />

The atmosphere of stability offered by the castle was disturbed by the start of [[World War II]]. At that time, some decided to flee to [[Latin America]]n countries and others preferred to stay in France; this last destination was the one chosen by Rodoreda and Obiols.<ref name=":8" /> Later they moved to the Villa Rosset house, on the outskirts of the city.<ref name="mercè1" />