Andreu Carranza

A powerful story of love and war with the river Ebro as its testimony.

As the 1936 Civil War breaks out, Cinto, a young man from Tortosa who is about to go into a seminary is kidnapped by one of the leaders of FAI-CNT. They casually imprison this archivist priest, who happens to know all there is to about valuable treasure of Pope Luna and the cathedral of Tortosa. Cinto will now form part of the treasure escort, along with the assault guard, Corporal Martínez Rabosa, member of the UGT, and Clara, a young anarchist who is involved in the education of women in the city and a supporter of free love. Whilst they look after the treasure, a triangle of love and hate triangle develops between Clara, chief Martínez and Cinto. Through these characters, the story shows life in the city of Tortosa, which was first in the rearguard but ended up being bombed and destroyed by fascist troops, when the River Ebro became a frontier between the two sides.

A novel of mystery and terror, and also a song to a disappearing world.

An old catboat embarks on its final journey down the River Ebro to recreate the conditions under which those nearly extinct boats used to travel the river in the past. An old mariner sails the craft, accompanied by several passengers, the crew, and some journalists charged with writing an article.

However, what began as a pleasant, nostalgic journey soon acquires an aura of mystery. Thick fog looms over the river. As if suddenly transported to another world, as if a secret door had been opened, separating ancient myths from the present, a fearsome peril emerges from the unfathomable depths of time.

Josep Pla Prize 2015

This novel examines the tumultuous life of Jacint Verdaguer, the most important Catalan writer of the 19^th century. Advisor to the country’s richest and most influential man, the Marquis of Comillas, and crowned the prince of poets, a social triumph like no other Catalan writer had ever experienced, Jacint Verdaguer experienced a profound crisis that pitted him against the political and ecclesiastical authorities.

His extraordinary personality, relationship with the Marquis’ wife, generosity toward the disadvantaged, and the controversial practice of exorcisms are viewed with disfavour by the hierarchy. We witness the rise and fall of a living legend, who divides the country between those who side with power and those who dare to challenge it.

Barcelona 2009. Pol Albión, a successful and acclaimed author, has received a mysterious letter from his recently deceased uncle. He has to find the old Babel printing press that used to be in their attic, and that will help him to find out more about his earliest childhood.
As a seven years-old traumatized boy with a photographic memory, Pol was taken home by his uncle and aunt after the death of his parents.
What he did not understand of the civil war as a child, it slowly becomes clear when he finds out how important the old press was under the dictatorship and Franco's censorship. He also discovers a dark past of his uncle and the most important and shocking of everything: who his parents were ...

This story takes place in Barcelona between the early 20^th century and today. Maria, a relative of a Grand Master of a Christian brotherhood, and Miguel, her mathematician boyfriend, have until the 30^th of December 2007 to find a relic, the power of which will redeem humanity from a terrible evil. With the help of a bookseller and a Japanese Gaudí expert, they discover that the most emblematic buildings of the Catalan architect hide the solution to the riddle.

Ramón Cabrera, the Tiger of Maestrazgo, reached the highest military rank and was given the title of Count of Morella during the First Carlist War (1833-1840). With a small band of guerrilleros, Cabrera defeated the government troops and founded his own state, leaving behind him a trail of passionate romance, hate and bloody revenge, until he created his own dark legend. In this documented novel, Cabrera, an old, tired man from his exile in London, narrates those action-packed years.

The town hall of a small and remote village hires detective Vidreres to investigate an apparent suicide. The protagonist discovers facts which no one wanted to reveal.

One night in 1815 in the town of Ascó, at only twelve years of age José Anjub, makes a promise that will change his life. Four years on, now at sixteen, he fulfils his word and kills the man who criticized his mother. Forced to escape from his town, he hides where and however he can. For years, he camps on the land by the River Ebro. Chance and instinct turn him into a legend: Robarucs the bandit. In the background, the bloody struggle between liberals and absolutists.

Ramonet and his friends suspect that ‘The Book’ is alive: every time they open and close its pages, new stories appear. When they turn a page, sentences change, they mix up and are ordered randomly to create new stories, formulas, remedies and anecdotes of imaginary or real things.

At the end of the 13^th century, during the reign of Peter II the Great, a war breaks out between the feudal lords in the Ebro Valley and neighbouring communities. The lords from Entenza and Knights Templar, who are closely linked to the lords of Moncada bring the wars to an end. In 1284, the troops from the lords of Entenza looted and destroyed Vinebre, a villa owned by the Templars’ Order. Alí Yunan, a Muslim from Vinebre, begins a pilgrimage from the River Ebro until the river Nile, which will lead him to get to know Alexandria, Cairo and Baghdad.

Conjunto de relatos que tienen como protagonista casi exclusivo al río Ebro, sus paisajes y sus gentes. Obra ganadora del premio Sebastià Juan Arbó de Sant Carles de la Ràpita.

Colección de relatos cortos de temática variada.

Colección de relatos breves en los que Carranza aúna los paisajes más próximos, más propios, y sus lecturas de la antigüedad clásica. Obra ganadora del premio Francesc Puig i Llensa de narrativa en su edición de 1991.

El escritor se sumerge en la nostalgia de su padre, a la vez que evoca momentos pasados juntos en los campos de La Fatarella o de Ascó.

Primer poemario del autor, se publicó dentro de la colección “Edicions subcutànies”.

Esta obra colectiva señala la transversalidad entre dos géneros: las novelas negra e histórica. Participan diez autores, pertenecientes a alguna de las dos disciplinas.

Difunde poemas inéditos de veinte autores de las Tierras del Ebro. La obra evidencia que existe una  lírica común, mantenida a lo largo de seis generaciones. 

Recopilación de narraciones cuyo hilo conductor es el río Ebro. El volumen reúne quince relatos de diversas temáticas y estilos, así como a autores con concepciones artísticas dispares.

Proyecto colectivo que incluye textos de distintos autores de las comarcas de Tarragona.

Obra colectiva que aproxima a la literatura relacionada con las orillas del río Ebro. Incluye a autores locales y a otros que escribieron sobre la zona, como Carlos Barral, Joan Perucho, Josep Pla o Baltasar Porcel.