Miquel Àngel Riera

Sant Jordi Award 1974 / Serra d’Or Critics' Award 1974

Connected to the previous novel, in To Die When Due Miquel Àngel Riera revisits similar themes: solitude, the self and others, and the human condition. Here, however, he delves deeper into the lack of communication between human beings. The protagonist, an adolescent embarking on the path of life, gradually uncovers the true nature of his family members. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he ultimately chooses death as the sole response to a world consumed by hatred and misunderstanding.