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Senyoria
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Senyoria / Honour

Novel , 1991

Proa

18th century Historical Fiction Literature in Catalan

Winter of 1799. It does not stop raining in Barcelona and the city seems paralyzed, but the frivolous life of the Bourbon aristocracy continues its course. Their only concern seems to be to celebrate the turn of the century: Te Deum in the cathedral, receptions in luxurious halls…

Then, the murder of a French singer moves the townspeople and the high society. A suspect is arrested, a young poet who finds himself in the wrong place at the most inopportune moment, and he is found guilty, all the more when documents that may lead to the downfall of "his lordship" Don Rafael Massó are discovered in his possession. Massó is the highest judicial authority in Catalonia, which has just occupied the position of civilian regent of the Royal Audience of Barcelona. He is ​​a man with the power to forgive or sentence to life the mistakes of others, which, on his part, has a weakness: his passion for beautiful women.

To the innocence of a defendant deprived of his right to defend himself, we can add the guilt and corruption of his lordship, who, himself, has a lot to hide. An overwhelming novel that is an impressive reflection on power, justice and human passions.

"This novel, read in the manner of classic novels, deals with the relationship between the individual and the power, about crime and punishment, and about the infinite banality of mobiles that desire power. On the pretext of a fiction, a historical-political novel, Cabré, aware of the depths of the soul and possessor of an outbursting mood, presents life built on the lies of the individual who has reached a high position, his secret and gross desires, his vanity, his maliciousness, his corruption, and his unscrupulous ambition." Europa Könyvkiado

Novel

Consumits pel foc, 2021
Jo confesso, 2011
Les veus del Pamano, 2004
L'ombra de l'eunuc, 1996
Senyoria, 1991
Fra Junoy o l'agonia dels sons, 1984
La teranyina, 1984
El mirall i l'ombra, 1980
Carn d'olla, 1978

Short stories and novellas

Quan arriba la penombra, 2017
L'emigrant, 2001
Viatge d'hivern, 2000
Llibre de preludis, 1985
Toquen a morts, 1977
Faules de mal desar, 1974

Theatre

Pluja seca. Carta del Papa a la reina Maria, 2001

Non-fiction

Tres assaigs, 2019
Les incerteses, 2015
La matèria de l'esperit, 2005
El sentit de la ficció. Itinerari privat, 1999

Books for children and young readers

L'Ariadna i la lluna pruna, 2020
La Mariona i la menjanits, 2017
En Pere i el bosc, 2015
L'any del Blauet, 1999
L'home de Sau, 1984
La història que en Roc Pons no coneixia, 1980
Galceran, l'heroi de la guerra negra, 1978

Anthology / Selection

Baix continu, 2007

Other genres

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