Lluïsa Forrellad: Siempre en capilla [Always In The Chapel]
The latest addition to my website is Lluïsa Forrellad's Siempre en capilla [Always In The Chapel]. Forrellad wrote this in Spanish in 1953 (for which she won the Nadal Prize)…
Jordi Puntí: Maletes perdudes (Lost Luggage)
The latest addition to my website is Jordi Puntí's Maletes perdudes (Lost Luggage). It tells the story of four half-brothers, each from a different country, who were unaware of each…
Maria de la Pau Janer: Pasiones romanas [Roman Passions]
The latest addition to my website is Maria de la Pau Janer's Pasiones romanas [Roman Passions]. This tells the story of six women from Palma, Majorca, who all have men…
Joan Perucho: Les històries naturals (Natural History)
The latest addition to my website is Joan Perucho's Les històries naturals (Natural History). This is a spoof of the vampire story, clearly influenced by Hollywood/Hammer Horror, set in the…
Agustí Bartra: Crist de 200.000 braços [Christ of 200,000 Arms]
The latest addition to my website is Agustí Bartra's Crist de 200.000 braços [Christ of 200,000 Arms]. This novel is set entirely in the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp in southern France,…
Pere Gimferrer: Fortuny (Fortuny)
The latest addition to my website is Pere Gimferrer's Fortuny (Fortuny). Gimferrer is primarily a poet - he wrote only two novels - and this is definitely a poet's novel.…
Terenci Moix: El dia que va morir Marilyn [The Day Marilyn Died]
The latest addition to my website is Terenci Moix's El dia que va morir Marilyn [The Day Marilyn Died]. This book, dedicated to everyone who was twenty the day Marilyn…
Ada Castells: Mirada [Look]
The latest addition to my website is Ada Castells' Mirada [Look]. It seemingly tells the story of a ghost, a former detective, who is obsessed with a beautiful model called…
Montserrat Roig: El temps de les cireres [The Time of Cherries]
The latest addition to my website is Montserrat Roig's El temps de les cireres [The Time of Cherries]. It tells the story of Natalia, who has been away twelve years…
Xavier Benguerel: Icària, Icària
The latest addition to my website is Xavier Benguerel's Icària, Icària, a Catalan novel set in Barcelona in 1922 and in the United States some seventy-five years earlier. Clemente Rovira's…