La teranyina (The spider's web)

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Ed. Proa, Barcelona, 1984

Set in early 20th century Catalonia, this is about the struggle for power within an industrial family against the backdrop of the Setmana Tràgica events (Tragic Week, 25 July to 2 August 1909).

Awards

Premi Sant Jordi, 1983

Translations of La teranyina (The spider's web)

Spanish

La telaraña
Trad: Concha Cardeñoso Sáenz de Miera.
Ed. Destino.
Barcelona, 2019.

French

La toile d'araignée
Trad: Patrick Gifreu.
Editions Du Chiendent.
1985.

Jaume Cabré

Jaume Cabré holds a degree in Catalan Philology from the University of Barcelona, is a high school head of department currently on study leave and is a member of the Philology Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.

Readers of literature know that writing is creating and they understand the Polish poetess Wislawa Szymborska when she says that when you pronounce the word 'Nothing' you make something no non-being can hold. Or when she pronounces the word 'Silence', she destroys it

Agencia literaria Carmen Balcells. Contacte: Glòria Gutiérrez - E-mail: info@agenciabalcells.com

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