Winter Journey bookcover

Winter Journey

Jaume Cabré 

(Author)

Patricia Lunn 

(Translator)
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Description

With this highly original collection of short stories, Catalonian writer Jaume Cabré takes his place among the masters of the form. In Winter Journey, the reader encounters disparate and often desperate characters--pianist, cuckold, whore, organ builder, rabbi, priest, scholar, thief, hitman, madman, Holocaust survivor, oligarch, failed artist--who challenge notions about will, morality, and "the riddle of existence." This is not a selection of individual stories, but a singularly brilliant and enigmatic narrative, novelistic in its approach, with mysterious connections linking characters, objects, and ideas across time and place. The text takes the form of a Schubertian musical progression in prose, a philosophical mystery moving freely through a labyrinth of centuries and cities, historical and contemporary.

Richly allusive with its themes and motifs of music and art, Winter Journey will continue to provoke questions long after the reader has closed the book. This edition represents the first translation of Cabré's work into English and an invitation to many more readers to come along for the ride.

Product Details

PublisherSwan Isle Press
Publish DateJanuary 01, 2010
Pages182
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9780974888163
Dimensions9.0 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches | 0.9 pounds
BISAC Categories: Literary Fiction

About the Author

Jaume Cabré is a novelist, essayist, screenwriter, playwright, and philologist. Among his works are the novels La teranyina, Fra Junoy o l'agonia dels sons, Senyoria, L'ombra de l'eunuc, and Les veus del Pamano.

Patricia Lunn is professor emerita in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Michigan State University. She is coauthor of the textbook En Otras Palabras and the author of other books and articles on Spanish and Catalan.

Reviews

Winner of the 2010 Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes--Òmnium Cultural "2010 Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes" (4/15/2010 12:00:00 AM)

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