Livraria Lello, Porto
A long weekend in Porto revealed a few things, one of which is that it is wetter and colder in Porto than in (the South of) England. We visited the…
Baltasar Porcel: Primaveras y otoños (Springs and Autumns)
The latest addition to my website is Baltasar Porcel's Primaveras y otoños (Springs and Autumns). The novel is set at a Christmas Eve dinner in modern times at Taltavull Hall,…
Jesús Moncada: Camí de sirga (The Towpath)
The latest addition to my website is Jesús Moncada's Camí de sirga (The Towpath). This is is factionalised account of the town of Mequinenza, Moncada's home town. which was moved…
Víctor Català: Solitud (Solitude)
The latest addition to my website is Víctor Català's Solitud (Solitude). Víctor Català (real name: Caterina Albert i Paradís) published this novel in 1905 but, though she lived to 1966,…
Catalan Literature
Every year at around this time, I focus my reading on one country. My original plan was to focus on another country but, with recent events in Catalonia, I decided…