The compiler of the anthology will talk with three of the writers whose works are included in the book. The author will be present.īenvinguts a Catalunya, a literary journeyīenvinguts a Catalunya (Welcome to Catalonia) is an anthology that explores, through narrative texts, the multiple landscapes of the Catalan culture. With the participation of more than one hundred authors, the book Carrers de frontera gives an account of this reciprocal infl uence of the Catalan and German cultures.įina Birulés, Feliu Formosa, Arnau Pons, Ricard Torrentsġ2:15 Contemporary literature in translation LIVEīaltasar Porcel, Cavalls cap a la fosca (Horses into the Night)Ī tale that is characteristic of the Mallorcan mythology that makes up the literary universe of Baltasar Porcel. German literature and thought marked 20th century Catalan literature.

Presentation of the book Carrers de frontera Bernecker, Peter Kraus, Hans-Jürgen Puhle, Rafael Sevilla Kultur der Moderne discuss the culture of the Frankfurt Guest of Honour. Garrido, who plays one of the creatures, stated that human beings approach what is alien “from a place of fear and mistrust,” which then leads to “violence.” She explained the value in taking the time to “listen, observe, and understand” that what is in front of us “may not be as different as we perceived it to be.What do the leading German experts make of the Catalan culture? The authors of Eine kleine Geschichte Kataloniens and of Katalonien. This is, according to starring actress Aura Garrido, an analogy for how we “face the unknown.”

What follows is an ‘us versus them’ tale, a mix of action and horror shown through a war between monsters and humans. Yet, when Frank arrives on the island he finds a deranged man is the only other inhabitant. The plot follows a young former soldier who, trying to distance himself from the recently ended World War I, takes up work on a secluded island near the Antarctic Circle. La Pell Freda is, in fact, an adaptation of Catalan writer Albert Sánchez Piñol’s hit debut novel. This month, it has made its way home to the Sitges Film Festival. The movie has already received a positive reception at international film festivals after it made its debut at September’s Étrange Film Festival in Paris.

La pell freda, or Cold Skin in English, will bring chilling horror and old-world sci-fi to theaters in Catalonia from Friday October 20.

La pell freda by Albert Sánchez Piñol