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On the same day of his inauguration as President of the Catalan's government (Generalitat de Catalunya), Antoni Capdevila receives news of the death of his father, from whom he had been estranged for years. For the new president, his father was an old sailor from the Barceloneta neighborhood, a poor, lonely man who was resentful of life.
On the same day of his inauguration as President of the Catalan's government (Generalitat de Catalunya), Antoni Capdevila receives news of the death of his father, from whom he had been estranged for years. For the new president, his father was an old sailor from the Barceloneta neighborhood, a poor, lonely man who was resentful of life.
It is impossible for President Capdevila to suspect the deep bitterness that the exercise of power must entail, and even less the involvement of his father in the exciting voyage - in the midst of the Franco dictatorship - of a ship called Independence, which constituted a final and tragic attempt to dismantle the totalitarian regime and obtain international recognition for a country, Catalonia, which ends up becoming another of the protagonists of the novel...
It is impossible for President Capdevila to suspect the deep bitterness that the exercise of power must entail, and even less the involvement of his father in the exciting voyage - in the midst of the Franco dictatorship - of a ship called Independence, which constituted a final and tragic attempt to dismantle the totalitarian regime and obtain international recognition for a country, Catalonia, which ends up becoming another of the protagonists of the novel...
The Virus of Sadness is a splendid story about loyalty and betrayal, about parents and children, about power and humiliation, about pain and the desire for revenge, about the strength of ideas and the importance of individual lives. It is also a vibrant reckoning with the recent history of Catalonia, and, without a doubt, a great novel that confirms Jordi Cabré as one of the most prominent names in the new Catalan narrative.
The Virus of Sadness is a splendid story about loyalty and betrayal, about parents and children, about power and humiliation, about pain and the desire for revenge, about the strength of ideas and the importance of individual lives. It is also a vibrant reckoning with the recent history of Catalonia, and, without a doubt, a great novel that confirms Jordi Cabré as one of the most prominent names in the new Catalan narrative.
Editorial Proa, year 2006
Editorial Proa, year 2006
Ciutat de Palma Llorenç Villalonga award 2005
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